By Arlette Saenz and David Wright, CNN

New Castle, Delaware (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden struck an optimistic tone when discussing his cancer diagnosis for the first time Friday, saying, “We’re going to be able to beat this.”

Biden, 82, revealed he has started treatment in the form of a pill to treat an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones.

“Well, the prognosis is good you know, we’re working on everything, it’s moving along. I feel good,” Biden said in an exchange with CNN and other reporters after speaking at a Memorial Day service in New Castle, Delaware. “All the folks are optimistic.”

Biden said he is taking a pill for the next six weeks before beginning another pill regimen. He noted he is being treated by a leading surgeon who was diagnosed with

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