Former President Joe Biden's cancer continues to spread and is causing him significant pain, his son, Hunter Biden, told the BBC in a recent interview.
"It's metastasized in his bones and further," Hunter Biden told the network on Friday. "It's very painful and very debilitating, in many respects."
Biden, 83, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in May 2025, months after he left office. At the time, his office said that the cancer had already spread to the bone and that the former president was reviewing treatment options. In October 2025, Biden's family shared that he'd completed a course of radiation and hormone therapy. He also had surgery last year to remove cancerous skin cells.
"I wish he would complain more, because it's not good," Hunter Biden said.
Despite his diagnosis, Biden continues to make public appearances, including
delivering the keynote address at a fundraising event for the Maryland Democratic Party in July and to help inaugurate the Obama Center in June. His memoir, Promise Me, America, is also set to be released in November.
"He's still out there, and he's still doing his thing," Hunter Biden said. "As long as he's alive, I promise you, he is going to continue to fight."
He also spoke to the BBC about how difficult it's been for the Biden family to watch their patriarch battle with cancer: "He is our rock. He has been there for each of us in a way that is hard for me to even possibly articulate and explain."
In June, former first lady Jill Biden also commented on her husband's health.
"He's doing OK," Jill Biden said on the TODAY show. "I think if he had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, that's one thing because that can be cured, but the fact that it metastasized to his bones, that makes it a whole different story. And so I think Joe will live with cancer till the rest of his life."
