<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Former US President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/joe-biden" rel="" target="_blank" title="Joe Biden"><span>Joe Biden</span></a><span> was diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office this morning, and it has spread to his bones.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms," the statement said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone."</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/california-fertility-clinic-explosion-attacker-identified-us/92fb8e4e-c32d-4e0c-bf79-a4a5c23fa14d" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Man who bombed US fertility clinic 'anti pro-life', FBI says</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It continued, "While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Biden and his family "are reviewing treatment options with his physicians," the statement said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come.</span></em></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-prostate-cancer/e9ddc669-72e2-458c-9f00-8bb4c0e70af4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong><span></span></div></div>