While Biden has faced health challenges in the past — including surviving other forms of cancer — this time, the disease is reportedly aggressive and has metastasized to the bone.

How Biden will respond to treatment remains to be seen. However, according to a statement from his team, ”the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.”

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Speaking with the BBC, Dr William Dahut, the Chief Scientific Officer at the American Cancer Society and prostate cancer physician, said that if cancer spreads to the bones, they “in general” don’t consider it “curable.”

However, he also stated that most respond positively to the treatment, and that one can live “many years” with the diagnosis.

Many offered heartfelt well-wishes to Joe Biden and his family following his cancer announcement — but not everyone was focused on support. Some couldn