Former President Joe Biden's office announced on May 18 that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer two days earlier, following the discovery of a prostate nodule. President Donald Trump and others have suggested,

Standard medical practice is to not test men who have a life expectancy of less than 10 years for prostate cancer.

Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s office pushed back on speculation that there had been a coverup around the illness.