Biden says he wouldn't have run for second term in 2024 if he knew he had cancer
ATLANTA — Joe Biden says he did not know he had cancer while he was president and would not have sought a second term if he already had been diagnosed. The former Democratic president's comments came in an interview with People magazine before the release of his White House memoir on Tuesday. “If I had known that I was feeling lousy because I had cancer,” said Biden, who turns 84 on Nov. 20, “I…
Joe Biden, the former Democratic president, revealed in a recent interview with People magazine that he was unaware of his cancer diagnosis while serving as president. If he had known about his health issues, Biden stated that he would not have pursued a second term in office. At the age of 84, Biden would have avoided the 2024 reelection campaign, which was marred by a poor performance during a high-stakes debate against Republican candidate Donald Trump.
Biden was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer months after leaving the White House. In the interview, he voiced concern that an 80-year-old man with cancer should not be running for president. Although Biden acknowledged that the June 2024 debate, held less than five months before the election, did not have a catastrophic impact on his campaign, he argued that it intensified Democrats' worries about his age—81 at the time—and his capacity to defeat Trump.
Despite the negative consequences of the debate, Biden maintained that there would have been another chance for a debate had he not participated in the 2024 election. However, the fact remains that his health issues, including the cancer diagnosis, played a significant role in his decision not to seek a second term in office.
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