“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,” read a statement released by the president’s personal office. “On Friday he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.”

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an advanced form of prostate cancer that has a five-year survival rate of between 30% and 40%, according to a medical expert.