May 19, 2025
Biden's DEVASTATING Diagnosis Ignites Speculation
President Biden's more advanced form of prostate cancer has skeptics demanding to know when he was diagnosed.
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Do you think that Joe Biden really would
have been able to perform as president
all the way through January 2029, when he
would have been when he would be 86?
Yes. I thought that back then.
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I still think that. But I don't know that.
Former President Biden, we've learned,
has been diagnosed with prostate cancer,
according to a statement
released by his personal office.
Just in the last five, ten minutes here.
So, as we said, a lot of Biden news.
Let's talk about Clyburn first.
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Hours after Representative James Clyburn
telling Jake Tapper he still believed
Joe Biden was fit to be president,
it was revealed that the former president
was diagnosed
with an aggressive form of cancer.
Biden's office
releasing this statement yesterday.
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Here's what it says.
Last week, President Joe Biden
was seen for a new finding
of a prostate nodule after experiencing
increasing urinary symptoms.
On Friday, he was diagnosed
with prostate cancer,
characterized by a Gleason score of nine.
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Grade Group five
with metastasis to the bone.
That statement from the personal office
of the former president.
If you're unfamiliar
with the term metastasis.
Okay, I'm not good at saying it,
but so I'm clearly unfamiliar.
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It's when cancer spreads
to other tissues in the body,
and the Gleason score he was given
means it is likely to grow and spread.
It goes on.
While this represents a more
aggressive form of the disease, the cancer
appears to be hormone sensitive,
which allows for effective management.
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President and his family are reviewing
treatment options with his physicians.
You'll correct me.
The way I pronounce it,
there are certain words.
I just, I don't know,
maybe I've given up to too easily.
But but here's the thing.
Your initial thoughts.
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Looking for that before we move forward
with some reactions.
Because a lot of people weighing in,
a lot of people not believing the timing.
Yeah.
So I don't believe the timing either.
And I'm no one to criticize
people's pronunciation of words.
Let's just be clear about that.
And another fun side note.
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Clyburn's. Like, he's totally fine.
Of course he can last another four years.
Biden's 82, Clyburn's 84. That might be
a part of the reason why he's saying that.
He thinks he's totally fine.
He's like, I don't think he slowed down.
At least according to me.
Yeah, brother,
because you both slowed down.
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Anyways, back to this. This is important.
There's a lot of conspiracy theories
floating around about this.
But then when you say conspiracy theories.
But really, I mean, with Biden,
mental decline,
physical decline being covered up, is it
conspiratorial or is it just a theory?
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Right.
And so we'll, look through some of those.
Some of those are clearly not nonsense.
But then I'm going to tell you
what might have actually happened
Because it's related to that hormone,
the fact that it is hormone sensitive.
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What is the treatment for prostate cancer?
Well, that might be your answer,
but we'll get to that in a minute.
Sharon, back to you.
Yeah.
It's really interesting stuff.
Can't wait to hear more.
We'll get to the reactions
in just a second, but let's dive
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a little more into the prognosis.
Doctor Ezekiel Emanuel,
who was an oncologist selected by Biden
for his Covid advisory board,
went on Morning Joe today to give more
insight into what the diagnosis
actually means for the former president.
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Listen.
The fact is that very few people
get diagnosed this advanced
about 7% of all prostate cancer
in the country gets diagnosed.
When you have a lesion that's in the bone,
and therefore it's
metastatic and incurable,
the prostate cancer will not go away.
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He will have it.
That doesn't mean he's going to die from
it because there are a lot of treatments.
So there's a lot there's
and then there's chemotherapy.
Beyond that, there's also treatment
for that metastatic lesion
near the spine if it's a threat.
So he has a lot of treatments
and he could live a long time.
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But there's something else that Doctor
Manuel revealed and that is that surely
Joe Biden had this for a long time.
Doesn't it take, some time,
for prostate cancer to develop to a point
where it would spread to the bones?
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Oh, he's had this for, many years,
maybe even a decade,
growing there and spreading.
That's right. It's a little surprising.
I look back at the records
and there's no evidence
that when he got his health, status and,
the the medical records were released,
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that he had a prostate specific antigen.
Now, it is true that a lot of people
recommend not doing a prostate specific
antigen after 70. But President Biden's
been in public life a very long time.
He was vice president
and had a lot of exams under 70. So it's a
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little surprising that they didn't do it.
And maybe President Biden
decided he didn't want the test.
Many men do decide they don't want a PSA.
That's one theory.
In 2021, we can tell you.
Biden underwent a colonoscopy at Walter
Reed National Military Medical Center,
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during which a single three millimeter
benign appearing polyp
was identified and removed.
White House physician at the time,
Doctor Kevin O'Connor, revealed
CNBC filling in some of the details.
O'Connor said in a letter
that the polyp was a slow growing,
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but it was slow growing
but thought to be precancerous lesion
for which no more action was required.
Biden had a similar polyp removed
in 2008, he said.
However, during his last annual exam as
president, doctor O'Connor labeled Biden
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as a, quote, healthy, active,
robust 81 year old Biden did, in fact
have cancer at that time, and it's unclear
why Biden didn't do testing for it.
What President Biden
and his doctor discussed.
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But I think you are hinting at the other
element, which is that President Obama had
this test, president Bush had this test.
It is a little surprising
that the doctor didn't take it.
And if he took it and didn't report it and
it was elevated, that is another case of
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doctors not being straightforward with us.
We've had several of them
with President Trump,
especially around his Covid diagnosis.
And if that is true,
that would be very troubling.
Yeah, there's a lot to unpack here.
And that leads to the reactions
that we've been, talking about.
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Many people on both sides
of the political aisle have expressed
their support for Biden during this time,
including the current president,
Donald Trump, who posted on Truth Social.
Yesterday, Melania and I are saddened
to hear about Joe Biden's
recent medical diagnosis.
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We extend our warmest and best wishes
to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe
a fast and successful recovery.
However, a lot of people,
especially those in the MAGA sphere,
think there's something fishy going on.
Laura Loomer is back.
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She posted this to X
following the news I reported on Biden's
terminal illness almost a year ago.
Terminal is six months
to a year left to live.
There are always outliers, but I suspect
Biden's treatment isn't responding
anymore, which is why the family is
only now admitting he is terminally ill.
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He could die in the next two months.
This is a PR strategy
to shame the Democrats,
who are coming out with a book about
the cover up of Biden's health crisis.
Biden might die in the next two months
if you follow my reporting.
You knew this one year ago, Laura Loomer.
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Other people posted similar theories.
You see them there?
They leaked the Biden tape
and the her investigator released
the prostate cancer news it says.
So people getting clever.
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And then there's more.
Releasing Joe Biden's diagnosis
on a Sunday evening is strategic.
It says they want all the Monday
morning shows talking about it,
because Jake Tapper has a book to sell.
Tapper and Alex Thompson's book
about Biden's decline
is set to be released tomorrow.
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That's May 20th.
Snippets have already hit on not only the
mental decline of the former president,
but also his physical deterioration.
Biden's physical deterioration,
most apparent in his halting walk,
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had become so severe that there were
internal discussions about putting
the president in a wheelchair, but they
couldn't do so until after the election.
One excerpt.
Now, people such as David Axelrod
are calling for the end
of the Biden cover up debate.
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Let's listen to Mr. Axelrod.
As you mentioned,
this comes at a time when there is
so much and and continued attention.
You know, placed on his mental acuity
and stability,
as well as ahead of this book release.
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And you mentioned there's been
a lot of discussion about it.
His medical condition
now, his announced medical condition.
Now, do you believe that, silences
or delays, a lot of conversations about,
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his, you know, last year and a half
of his presidency for now.
Yeah.
Well, I mean, I think those conversations
are going to happen, but they should be,
more muted and set aside,
for now as he's, struggling, through this.
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So you heard Axelrod there.
I have to be honest,
some of the Conspiracy theories
don't seem so far fetched to me,
and maybe it's not kind, but my mind went
a few places when I first heard the news.
Certainly sympathy for the former First
family, the former president, but I just
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don't know what to believe at this point.
The timing, the diagnosis,
everything else that's swirling around.
So so give us more on on
what you're zeroing in on.
Yeah.
So, first of all, the thing that I
don't like is people celebrating it.
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I can't stand that.
Like, what are you doing? Why?
He's already gone.
And we could have a conversation
about what did they do wrong?
So we learn from it,
and we don't make those same mistakes.
But you don't have to root
against the guy's health or life.
I've seen a lot on the right, dude.
I've seen some on the left.
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Do it. And it's really ugly either way.
Okay, now as to how
the relevant parts here.
So first of all, on people's reactions
as to whether they believe the Bidens.
I think our members
speak for a lot of people.
So bloated ego on tight.
Dot com wrote in if they covered
up his mental decline,
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why wouldn't they have covered up this?
And that's a fair question.
That's a really fair question.
Another member on said Don Dada
Dragon said if the white House
didn't dig their own lying grave,
I would have backed them a lot more.
But now all I can say is good luck,
young man.
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So look, and you should say good luck
about treating cancer and mean it.
But in terms of the credibility
of the Biden team, it's a zero, right?
I mean, that's super fair.
So, and whether you're left or right,
it's crazy if you just believe them.
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They have a terrible track record.
So I agree with our members.
You can join [email protected] slash.
So now I talked to an expert about this.
So do you would you normally do
what they call a PSA to find this out.
And the answer is yes definitively yes.
You would normally do a PSA.
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And is it an extra procedure that could
be a little invasive like a colonoscopy.
So you might choose out of it.
No, it's part of your normal blood panel.
There's no reason
to choose out of it at all.
I mean, I guess some could. He could have.
But if you chose to not investigate it,
that might be a sign that you thought you
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had it and didn't want others to know it.
So that that part is already super weird.
Not normal.
Okay, now they say, but the the parts
that bother me about the conspiracy
theories is like, you got to get your
theories right, right and straight.
So like, oh,
Jake Tapper has a book coming out.
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So that's why they would want
to release this.
No no no no no no.
The timing is the other way around.
Over the weekend
everybody's beating up on Biden.
He went on The View
and he was defending himself
and talking about how he would have won.
And then that led to a round of a lot
of people, including a lot of Democrats,
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saying, please go away.
And and then because of the book coming
out, there's a lot more, swirling around
about how Biden screwed everybody over.
And her tapes just came out on Friday.
So it became clear
that he was in mental decline.
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If you want to have people
stop talking about that
and how Biden was an egomaniac who cost
his own party democracy, the country.
ET cetera. ET cetera.
You would drop a news story
about how he has cancer and so that
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everybody does what Axelrod did.
Okay. That's it.
Now, you're not allowed to talk about it
anymore because he's got cancer, right?
So when did they know
that he had this type of cancer?
Of course, I don't know.
And that's a great question.
Is it a legitimate question?
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Of course it's a legitimate question
because of what I'm about to tell you,
among other reasons.
So what is the treatment
for prostate cancer?
Well, I looked it up.
It's androgen deprivation therapy.
And so again, the expert
that I talked to told me about this.
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And he's right.
That is that's what you do.
You can go on any site and confirm that.
Okay.
Well, that therapy,
it has some side effects.
What are some of those side effects?
It has some things to do with your
sex life that's not relevant here
because it affects testosterone right.
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So and that's the hormones
that we were talking about earlier.
And that's why they think
they might be able to treat this.
And he might be able to survive
because you could do hormone treatment.
Okay.
Well what would the hormone treatment do.
Well it would have side effects like bone
thinning which can lead to broken bones,
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anemia, low red blood cell counts,
decreased mental sharpness, interesting
loss of muscle mass, weight gain, fatigue,
increased cholesterol levels,
and depression or mood swings.
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So fatigue, your bones are more brittle,
and your.
And that might lead you to being
a little bit more careful as you walk.
Might lead to more mishaps.
Depression, where you snap at people
and give them, you know, some answers
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that are rude or however you phrase it.
Did Biden do that? Yes.
Was he constantly fatigued?
Remember the famous memo about the
president can only work between 10 a.m.
And 4 p.m., so we have to, you know,
make sure that his we get
him his information then and then.
But otherwise, you know,
we got to make sure that he rests.
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Why did they put that memo out?
Is it because of the fatigue?
So that's not conspiratorial.
It's just a very simple
and direct medical question.
So the Biden team should be asked
was he on androgen deprivation therapy?
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Because if he was, that might even explain
all the things that we saw.
It might even explain what appeared
to be mental decline, but might have
been brain fog, mental fatigue, etc.
That they say are side
effects to this drug.
Now I put that online and then
I got attacked by the right and the left,
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and I can't quite figure out
why they're attacking me.
First of all, you don't need a reason.
It's us.
Right?
So it's going to happen anyway.
But my point here isn't about me.
It's about the right wing thinks,
no, you're covering up
his actual cognitive decline.
Brother, I'm not covering anything up.
I'm the guy who said right from the get
go, there's something wrong with him,
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and he can't be the candidate.
For whatever reason,
he can't finish sentences.
He's not fully there.
There's no question about it.
Right.
So what we're trying to do
is figure out what happened.
And when you're the president
of the United States, it's super fair
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for people to ask what happened.
Right.
And on the left, they're like, oh, you're
trying to make it seem like he wasn't
mentally sharp because of this drug.
I'm not trying to make it seem
like anything I'm asking.
Was he on that drug
or was he not asking on that drug?
And by the way, if you're on the left
and you're a Joe Biden supporter,
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you'd be lucky if it was this drug,
because then you could say,
hey, look, he wasn't in cognitive decline.
He had cancer.
He shouldn't have covered it up, but he
took this medicine, blah, blah, blah.
Is that a good excuse? Not really.
Right.
Because if you're on this medicine
and it produces these results,
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I'm not even sure you should be president.
But I'm positive you shouldn't run for
reelection, especially when you've got it.
At what?
Stage five, 4 or 5.
This advance Gleason score of nine.
And you're running for president.
That's why they release it afterwards.
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Oh, golly gee, we just found out.
And maybe they did.
It's. That's not impossible.
But given the weight of the evidence
of all of their previous lies
and what we saw with our own eyes,
I would be surprised, Sharon,
if they weren't covering this up,
if they were just being honest about it
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and they just got the diagnosis,
I'd be genuinely surprised.
Yeah.
What you've uncovered
in talking to the doctor today, too,
I mean, it makes perfect sense.
I tend to lean in that direction.
You know, having heard the theory,
the balance of it, it makes perfect sense,
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I guess I'm wondering this.
Look, I've been super, irked
by all of the news about the secrets.
The lies?
Maybe I'm just naive in this day and age.
About what?
A modern day white House kept from us
with the media's, assistance.
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But I guess the larger issue I've heard
people raise is why does it matter?
Why does it matter now?
Why does it matter?
Yeah, that's actually
a great question, Sharon.
So going forward, when it comes
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to how we view Joe Biden, maybe it matters
for history's sake, but I don't
really care about that at this point.
We've got way too many issues
to worry about.
How history sees Joe Biden.
Do I care about Joe,
Joe and Hunter Biden now?
No, I don't care about them at all.
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They so they're not going
to be relevant politically.
They're not going to run for any office.
It's like, am I sitting there obsessing
about what Chelsea Clinton is up to?
No, I don't care at all. Right.
So then what is the part
that is relevant for me?
The only part that's relevant
is democratic leadership always tells you,
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don't believe your lying eyes.
It looks like our candidate is weaker
than the other Democrats in a primary.
But we know we know some secret
information that the establishment
candidate, like Hillary Clinton
and Joe Biden are actually stronger.
Don't believe the polls.
Don't believe anything.
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You know, you've got somebody that
looks like they're very pro-establishment
and takes tons of money from the banks
like Hillary Clinton did.
And, but no taking millions of dollars
from the banks.
Don't believe your lying eyes.
That doesn't corrupt her at all.
And yes, she changed her position on
the bankruptcy bill to help the bankers.
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But don't believe your lying eyes.
No, that was just a coincidence.
And Joe Biden looks like he's in mental
decline and can't finish sentences.
But don't believe your lying eyes.
He's actually the best candidate
for the Democratic Party, right?
So the next. It isn't about Biden.
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The next time Democratic leadership
or Democratic establishment
or mainstream media anchors lie to you.
And remember these lies.
So you don't get tricked
by the next set of lies.
And I will tell you this as well
in the 2020 primary,
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I guarantee you they go back to lying.
Absolutely, positively guarantee it.
I've never seen the Democratic
establishment do anything but lying.
I've never seen those same
democratic establishments supporting,
by the way, also Republican establishment
supporting cable news anchors.
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Ever tell the truth or ever back
an outsider, ever back a populist?
They always go back to yes,
the corporate Democrat
is the greatest Democrat of all time.
And if your eyes look like they're telling
you that they have terrible poll numbers,
or they look corrupt,
or they look like they're in mental
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decline, do not believe your eyes.
Do not believe your ears. Believe us.
Instead, pick the worst possible candidate
and don't worry about it,
because at least he's in favor
of corporations and corporate rule.
But do not pick the populist
with the really popular bills,
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because our corporate sponsors don't.
I mean, I mean, I mean,
they'll lose, they'll lose.
So it's the lies that have
to be defeated, not Joe Biden.
Every time you ring the bell below,
an angel gets his wings.
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