Joe Biden recently underwent surgery to remove skin cancer lesions, a spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. The procedure came to light after Inside Edition published video footage of the former president leaving a church in Delaware with a fresh scar on his forehead.
Biden's spokesperson, Kelly Scully, stated that he received Mohs surgery, a precise technique used to remove skin cancer layer by layer until no cancerous cells remain. The specific type of cancer was not disclosed.
This is not Biden's first encounter with skin cancer. Two years ago, while he was in office, a lesion removed from his chest was diagnosed as basal cell carcinoma, a common and treatable form of skin cancer.
In March, Biden's office announced that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones. At the time, he wrote on social media: '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 repeated cancer battles. His son Beau died of a brain tumour, and his wife, Jill, has had two cancerous lesions removed.
