<div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has completed a round of a radiation therapy for prostate cancer, his spokeswoman said on Monday.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Mr. Biden, 82, began <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/biden-cancer-radiation.html" title="">radiation therapy</a> and hormone treatment last month for an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones. His office <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/politics/biden-prostate-cancer.html" title="">announced the diagnosis</a> in May.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Kelly Scully, Mr. Biden’s spokeswoman, confirmed on Monday that he had completed a round of radiation therapy. She did not provide details about what comes next. It is unclear if Mr. Biden has fully completed the radiation treatment for his cancer.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">His daughter, Ashley Biden, posted a video on Monday of Mr. Biden ringing a bell at Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia — a tradition that patients perform to mark a major treatment milestone.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-1"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">“Rung the Bell!” Ms. Biden wrote on social media. “Thank you to the incredible doctors, nurses, and staff at Penn Medicine.”</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Mr. Biden has had many health problems, including <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/13/us/biden-is-operated-on-for-aneurysm-in-brain.html" title="">a brain aneurysm</a> he suffered in 1988.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Last month, Ms. Scully said he had <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/biden-skin-cancer.html" title="">undergone surgery to remove cancerous skin lesions</a> from his forehead. In 2023, when he was president, he <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/us/politics/biden-cancer-lesion.html" title="">had a cancerous lesion removed</a> from his chest.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="RelatedLinksBlock-3"><div data-testid="lazy-loader"></div></div>