Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer
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🗓️ 19 May 2025
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Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
President Donald Trump's tax bill passed in a key House committee vote.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Monday, May 19th, 2025. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:15.2 | Today, what we know about former President Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis. Plus what to expect from some upcoming |
| 0:21.1 | Supreme Court decisions, and we discuss concerns about an understaffed nuclear agency. |
| 0:29.3 | Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer |
| 0:33.9 | that has spread to the bone, according to a spokesperson yesterday. The 82-year-old was diagnosed on Friday after experiencing urinary symptoms, and a nodule was |
| 0:42.3 | discovered on his prostate, according to the statement. |
| 0:45.0 | While the diagnosis indicates the former president has one of the worst forms of the disease, |
| 0:49.4 | it appears to be hormone sensitive, which allows for effective management, the spokesperson said. |
| 0:55.0 | Support for Biden quickly poured in from across the political world. President Donald Trump said in a statement |
| 0:59.3 | with First Lady Melania Trump that they were saddened to hear about the diagnosis, writing, |
| 1:03.6 | quote, we extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and |
| 1:09.1 | successful recovery, unquote. Former President |
| 1:11.9 | Barack Obama wrote in a statement on X that nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments |
| 1:16.4 | for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and he's certain he will fight this challenge with his |
| 1:21.0 | trademark resolve and grace. President Donald Trump's tax bill won approval from a key congressional committee yesterday |
| 1:31.0 | to advance toward possible passage in the House later this week. The bill had been |
| 1:35.0 | stalled for days by Republican infighting over spending cuts. The move was a big win for Trump |
| 1:39.5 | and House Speaker Mike Johnson after hardline Republican conservatives last week blocked the bill |
| 1:43.8 | from clearing |
| 1:44.4 | the House Budget Committee over a dispute involving spending cuts to the Medicaid health care |
| 1:48.5 | program for lower-income Americans and the repeal of green energy tax cuts. Nonpartisan analysts say |
| 1:54.0 | the bill would add $3 to $5 trillion to the nation's $36.2 trillion in debt over the next decade. |
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