Former President Biden's cancer announcement prompts questions about an even deeper health cover-up.

This is a scandal, and we don't know the full extent of it yet.

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley.

It's Tuesday, May 20th, and this is Morning Wire.

Thank you. It's Tuesday, May 20th, and this is Morning Wire. How is the Trump White House reacting to the former president's health news and the timing of its release?

I think it's very sad, actually.

I'm surprised that it wasn't, you know, the public wasn't notified a long time ago,

because to get to stage nine, that's a long time. And Trump's budget bill clears another hurdle,

but will it lead to unsustainable debt? Yes, this GOP bill could add nearly $4 trillion to our deficit over the next decade.

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As we learn more details of Joe Biden's cancer prognosis, there are growing questions about

whether the former president was diagnosed while in office and the news was kept from the American

people. Daily Wire senior editor, Cabot Phillips is here now with more.

So Cabot, this story continues to send shock waves through Washington.

What have we learned in the past 24 hours?

Well, the more we learn about this prognosis, the more concerning it appears.

Prostate cancer is typically among the most treatable forms of cancer when caught early,

but in President Biden's

case, it's metastasized or spread to his bones. Doctors say that makes it nearly impossible to treat.

Every case is different, but the five-year survival rate for prostate cancer patients deemed metastatic

is just 28%. The severity of a prostate cancer diagnosis is graded on a Gleason scale of 6 to 10, and President

Biden is a Gleason scale 9, meaning it's incredibly aggressive and likely to spread further,

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