In a sobering and politically charged moment from the Oval Office on Monday, President Donald Trump addressed former President Joe Biden’s recent stage four prostate cancer diagnosis—offering condolences while raising sharp questions about how the aggressive illness went undetected for so long.
Calling the diagnosis “very sad,” Trump pivoted quickly from sympathy to skepticism, suggesting that there may be a deeper issue behind the late-stage detection. “If it’s the same doctor who said there was nothing wrong there, that’s being proven to be a sad situation,” Trump said, implying that either medical negligence or deliberate concealment may have occurred. “Why wasn’t the cognitive ability — why wasn’t that discussed? I think the doctors said he’s just fine, and it’s turned out that’s not so.”
Prostate cancer is the easiest cancer to diagnose when it first starts and to watch it progress to bone metastases. The PSA blood test shows the rate of cancer cell growth. For even with the most aggressive form, it is a 5-7 year journey without treatment before it becomes…
— Dr Steven Quay (@quay_dr) May 18, 2025
Trump stopped short of alleging direct malpractice but didn’t shy away from insinuating that something was amiss. “It’s very dangerous. Look, this is no longer politically correct. This is dangerous for our country,” he added.
The remarks came just a day after Biden’s team confirmed the diagnosis: a stage four prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bones, a development that typically signifies a years-long progression of untreated disease.
Medical experts speaking to the Daily Caller echoed Trump’s concerns, with Dr. Steven Quay—an established figure in cancer research—stating flatly, “It’s not credible that we are hearing of his metastatic disease for the first time… That just doesn’t track.”
Such late-stage cancers, Quay and others argued, do not emerge overnight. Bone metastases from prostate cancer are often the result of a silent spread that occurs over the course of five years or more, strongly suggesting that the illness likely developed during Biden’s time in the White House.
Prostate cancer is the easiest cancer to diagnose when it first starts and to watch it progress to bone metastases. The PSA blood test shows the rate of cancer cell growth. For even with the most aggressive form, it is a 5-7 year journey without treatment before it becomes…
— Dr Steven Quay (@quay_dr) May 18, 2025
In his Monday remarks, Trump called attention to this timeline. “The other thing is, you have to say, why did it take so long… This takes a long time. It can take years to get to this level of danger.”
While Biden’s team has yet to elaborate on the exact timing or details of the diagnosis, the implications are reverberating across the political landscape. Trump’s comments, echoing both concern and criticism, put a spotlight not just on Biden’s health, but on broader questions of transparency and accountability.