Biden cancer diagnosis adds to questions about health in office

The news that he has "aggressive" prostate cancer has some medics asking why it was not detected sooner.

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In a statement on Sunday, Biden's office said the 82-year-old had received the diagnosis on Friday after seeing a doctor for urinary symptoms.

Some doctors have expressed surprise that the aggressive form of cancer, which has spread to his bones, was not detected earlier.

Others pointed out that cancers can grow fast without the patient displaying symptoms - and that men over 70 are not routinely screened.

President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday his predecessor should have been more transparent with the public, seeming to imply that the cancer diagnosis had been covered up - a suggestion rejected by a Biden aide.