Former President Joe Biden has begun receiving radiation treatment for the "aggressive" form of prostate cancer he was diagnosed with in May, a spokesperson confirmed with USA TODAY.

Doctors had found a "small nodule" on the 82-year-old Democrat's prostate during a routine exam that his office said had spread to the bone.

"As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment," the Biden spokesperson told USA TODAY on Oct. 11.

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, affecting 1 in 8 men in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society . While about 1 in 44 men will die of prostate cancer, the group says most men diagnosed with the illness do not die from it.

Biden's illness is

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