Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis: What to know about treatment

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

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Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We learn more about the disease and its treatments from Dr. William Dahut. Then, the FBI warned last week about what they call "an ongoing malicious text and voice messaging campaign" that uses artificial intelligence to impersonate U.S. government officials. Axios' Ina Fried joins us. And, a new study suggests chimps understand the specific medicinal properties of certain plants and will go out of their way to treat the maladies of their peers. Primatologist Elodie Freymann talks about these healthcare-related behaviors.

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0:17.5	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:28.1	We've got some breaking news that we want to share with you at this hour.
0:32.2	We are learning former President Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States,
0:35.0	has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
0:37.5	As Americans learned this weekend, former President Biden has prostate cancer. As Americans learned this weekend,
0:40.5	former President Biden has prostate cancer.
0:44.1	What can doctors tell us about the disease and its prognosis?
0:47.4	It's May 19th, and this is here and now anytime.
0:59.8	From NPR and WBUR Boston, I'm Kalyani Saxena. Today on the show, be careful picking up an unknown number because, according to the FBI,
1:05.8	some scamsters are using artificial intelligence to impersonate senior government officials.
1:11.2	It's shockingly easy to do.
1:13.1	So a short clip of your voice, and I can make a chatbot that sounds like you and make it say anything.
1:18.3	And?
1:21.9	We'll hear about how chimpanzees go out of their way to help treat the wounds and injuries of their fellow chimps,
1:27.9	which may show the potential for empathy.
1:31.9	But first, we want to take a moment to talk about former President Joe Biden and his recent cancer
1:37.1	diagnosis. Biden announced this past weekend that he was diagnosed with an aggressive
1:42.1	form of prostate cancer, which had spread to his
1:44.6	bones. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer for men in the U.S., with some 300,000 men
1:51.7	diagnosed every year. And experts say that despite the late stage of Biden's cancer, with proper
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