One day after former President Biden shared he has an aggressive case of prostate cancer, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt took an approach that many people online found shocking.
At a press gathering, Fox News’ Peter Doocy wanted to know if the president was concerned about the health care of U.S. presidents as a result of Biden’s illness.
According to Doocy, the White House doctors could have missed seeing the first signs of Biden’s prostate cancer. Will the president be concerned with how much attention medical officials pay to former presidents?
Leavitt quickly said he was not afraid. Not by President Trump’s standard, she added.
“I’m sure you’ll agree with me when I say the White House doctor we have is outstanding,” she added. “The group at Walter Reed is really impressive.”
Readers were then treated to an overview of Trump’s recent medical checkup results by Leavitt. He produced what I would call “perfect” results. He’s still strong and healthy. Those of you who were on the trip to the Middle East with our president last week can express how surprising his stamina was.
Trump was back in the office on Saturday after that trip and worked all day, she added. “He keeps going, doesn’t give up, is healthy and depends on his medical professionals.”
Although the Democratic committee member hoped to ease public concern over Trump’s health, some viewers thought her words were inappropriate after Biden’s serious diagnosis.
Someone wrote about her, “She appeared to be doing it only purposefully to get back at Abe.” Several pointed out that Trump went to sleep more than once while he was on the trip Leavitt described.
Biden created controversy when he said he was diagnosed with a high-grade type of prostate cancer. His office said that he had recently been checked for urinary reasons. Doctors saw a prostate nodule and the results revealed that his cancer had advanced to his bones.
“It means the disease is now behaving in a more aggressive way,” the statement stated. Yet, the doctors say the cancer is responsive to hormone therapy, so it should be treatable well.
The doctors assigned a Gleason score of 9 to Biden’s cancer, meaning the cells are not normal and grow very fast. Although the stage of the cancer is unknown, metastasis usually means the disease is advanced.
Right now, he and his family are thinking about what treatment to choose and hormone therapy is a likely option. Right now, the former president is with family at home in Wilmington, Delaware and has not specified where he will receive treatment.
Although the illness is serious, some doctors have expressed confidence.
Bread-and-butter genitourinary oncology describes this practice, Dr. Alan Tan told NBC News. It is possible for many patients with this cancer to be treated into remission with the right therapy.