Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

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A.M. Edition for May 19. Former President Joe Biden and his family are reviewing treatment options with his doctors, as representatives say the disease has spread to his bones. Plus, Israel says it will start allowing aid into Gaza for the first time in months, as the Israeli military expands its ground operation in the enclave. And Journal foreign correspondent Georgi Kantchev on what to expect from President Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin today after Russia unleashed a drone barrage on Ukraine. Azhar Sukri hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Former President Joe Biden is diagnosed with prostate cancer just months after leaving office.
0:10.6	Plus, President Trump is set to speak with Vladimir Putin today as the Russian president
0:15.8	slow walks Ukraine peace talks and American assets sell off again as Moody's cuts the U.S. credit rating.
0:24.3	Stocks especially had rallied a lot in the last couple weeks, but I think the more important
0:29.4	part of the market is the bond market. The 30-year rate touched 5% early this morning.
0:34.7	The dollar fell again. Those parts of the market haven't rallied.
0:38.5	It's Monday, May the 19th. I'm Azhar Sukhri for the Wall Street Journal, filling in for
0:43.9	Luke Vargas. Here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories
0:50.4	moving your world today.
1:01.4	Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer just months after he left office. His representatives said Sunday that the cancer has spread
1:07.4	to his bones, but that the disease appears to be hormone sensitive, which allows
1:12.5	for effective management. Biden and his family are reviewing treatment options with his doctors.
1:18.9	Biden, who was 82 when he left office in January, has come under scrutiny for age-related
1:24.6	mental and physical declines he suffered while he was president. President Trump
1:30.1	wrote on his truth social channel that he and First Lady Melania Trump, quote, are saddened to hear
1:36.3	about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis, unquote. He wished Biden a fast and successful recovery.
1:46.5	President Trump is hoping to secure a Ukraine peace deal in calls today with Russia's Vladimir Putin,
1:53.9	Ukraine's Vladimir Zelenskyy and NATO leaders.
1:57.5	It comes as Moscow yesterday launched one of the largest aerial barrages of the war,
2:02.8	killing at least one person and injuring three in the capital Kiev.
2:07.1	Journal Foreign correspondent Georgi Kanchov joins me now.
2:10.2	Georgi, this is the third call between Trump and Putin this year so far.
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