Former President Joe Biden is undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment as part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, a spokesperson told CBS News.

A person close to Biden tells CBS News the former president is doing well and responding to treatment.

Biden was diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer in May 2025. According to a statement from his office at the time, the former president was diagnosed with "prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone" after a small nodule was found in the prostate.

Gleason scores are a grading system, and the lower the grade, the more cancer cells look like normal cells. A score of 9 is the second-highest, CBS News previously reported , and places Biden in the most

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