Joe Biden recently underwent surgery to remove skin cancer lesions, his spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. The procedure came to light after video surfaced showing the former president leaving a church in Delaware with a fresh scar on his forehead.
Spokesperson Kelly Scully confirmed that Biden received Mohs surgery, a precise technique used to remove skin cancer layer by layer until no cancerous cells remain. The type of cancer was not specified in the announcement.
This is not Biden's first encounter with skin cancer. Two years ago, while still in office, he had a lesion removed from his chest that was diagnosed as basal cell carcinoma, a common and typically non-aggressive form of skin cancer.
The former president's health has been under scrutiny, particularly after his office announced in March that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones. Biden addressed the diagnosis on social media, writing, 'Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places.'
The Biden family has faced numerous cancer-related challenges over the years. Biden's son Beau died of a brain tumour, and his wife, Jill, has had two cancerous lesions removed.
