Biden scales back memoir tour, urges prostate cancer screening as cancer slows him

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1. Nov 12, 2026Biden urged men aged 50 to 69 to get a PSA test every two years in a November 12 post on X after the American Cancer Society changed its screening guidelines.
2. Nov 12, 2026Excerpts from Biden's memoir 'Promise Me, America' released the week before its November 17 publication print the full letter Donald Trump left him at the Oval Office in January 2021.
3. Nov 12, 2026Biden said in September that men at average risk should start prostate cancer screening around age 50 and repeat it every two to four years.
4. Nov 9, 2026Biden said in a November 8 post that he would scale back promotion of 'Promise Me, America' because his cancer sometimes slows him down, adding his doctors were encouraged by his treatment.

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• Joe Biden pushes new prostate cancer screening advice after health updatenewsweek.com· 2d

  Newsweek reports that Joe Biden urged men to get tested for prostate cancer after the American Cancer Society changed its guidelines, now recommending most men 50 to 69 be screened every other year as advanced cases rise. Biden, 83, who was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer in 2025, is also promoting his memoir 'Promise Me, America', which prints Trump's private Oval Office letter in full and gives a harsh assessment of both Trump administrations.
• Joe Biden to limit White House memoir promotion due to advancing cancertheguardian.com· 5d

  Joe Biden says he will undertake only limited promotion of his White House memoir Promise Me America, out 17 November, because of advancing prostate cancer, writing that "it hasn't stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down." The Guardian reports the book recounts his one-term presidency and sharply criticizes Donald Trump over January 6, writing that "Donald Trump led an insurrection" and that what he did "should follow him to his grave."
• Joe Biden to scale back book tour as cancer ‘slows me down’nbcnews.com· 5d

  NBC News reports that Joe Biden will scale back the book tour for his memoir "Promise Me, America," out Nov. 17, 2026, writing in a post that his prostate cancer "slows me down" though it "hasn't stopped me," and that his doctors are encouraged by his response to treatment. Hunter Biden told the BBC in August 2026 that the cancer had metastasized into his bones and was "very painful and debilitating," and Jill Biden told NBC News she thinks Joe "will live with cancer till the rest of his life."
• Biden Says Health to Limit Book Promotion as Cancer ‘Slows Me Down’nytimes.com· 5d

  A New York Times newsletter article reports that Joseph R. Biden Jr., 83, says his cancer — an aggressive prostate cancer diagnosed in 2025 that spread to his bones — will keep him from making as many public appearances to promote his memoir "Promise Me, America" as he had hoped, writing on X, "It hasn't stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down." The $10 million memoir, due Nov. 17, 2026, covers his presidency; Hunter Biden has said his father's condition was worsening, though medical experts uninvolved in his care say the cancer was unlikely to have affected his June 2024 debate performance.
• Biden says cancer fight means he will scale back book promotion tourwashingtonpost.com· 5d

  The Washington Post's Cleve R. Wootson Jr. reports that former president Joe Biden said on a Sunday his battle with an aggressive form of prostate cancer will keep him from doing as many promotional appearances for his upcoming presidential memoir as he had hoped. An AI-generated summary of reader comments says many praise Biden as a kind, effective leader with legislative successes including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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• Nvidia CEO steps down. And, Sen. Chris Van Hollen to run for majority leadernpr.org· 34h

  NPR's Up First newsletter reports that Nvidia's board announced CEO Jensen Huang is stepping down over reported extramarital affairs — including with a client U.S. intelligence officials concluded was recruited by China's top spy agency — with CFO Colette Kress named interim CEO and the share price falling sharply, and that Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he will challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader. It also covers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's Ukraine peace talks, the American Cancer Society's first recommendation of routine prostate screenings, and Life Kit's Thanksgiving hosting advice.
• In reversal, American Cancer Society urges routine prostate cancer screeningarstechnica.com· 47h

  Ars Technica reports that the American Cancer Society has reversed its 2010 guidance, now recommending routine PSA screening: men at average risk every two years from 50 to 69, and most high-risk men, including all Black men, yearly from age 45, with no screening advised at 75 and up. The society says new evidence since 2010 shows screening saves lives and that better case management curbs overdiagnosis and overtreatment of prostate cancer, which it estimates will kill over 36,320 US men in 2026.
• Most Men Should Get Prostate Cancer Screening After Age 50gizmodo.com· 2d

  Ed Cara reports for Gizmodo that the American Cancer Society's updated prostate cancer screening guidelines, its first since 2010, now strongly recommend men at average risk get a PSA blood test every two years from age 50 to 70. Higher-risk men, including Black men, should start screening as early as 45.
• What to Know About New Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendationsnytimes.com· 2d

  A New York Times article by Nina Agrawal reports that the American Cancer Society now recommends all men ages 50 to 69 get a P.S.A. blood test every two years, a reversal from earlier guidance that left screening decisions to men and their doctors, with earlier annual screening from 45 for Black men and those with a strong family history. Robert Smith of the cancer society cites a European trial finding 13 percent lower prostate cancer death among regularly screened men, but Dr. Alex Krist and some other experts warn the new approach brings many harms, including overtreatment causing erectile dysfunction and incontinence, and Dr. Otis Brawley attributes Black men's worse outcomes mainly to unequal access to care.
• What new prostate cancer recommendations say about who should get blood testswashingtonpost.com· 2d

  The American Cancer Society's first update to its prostate cancer screening guidelines in more than a decade, announced Thursday, recommends that most men ages 50 to 69 take a blood test to check for prostate cancer every two years. An AI-generated summary of reader comments on the page says commenters largely back continued PSA testing beyond age 69, many citing early detection.
• Warm letter Trump wrote to Biden in 2021 revealed in memoirwashingtonpost.com· 3d

  The Washington Post reports that Joe Biden's forthcoming memoir "Promise Me, America" reveals the warm handwritten letter Donald Trump left in the Oval Office after skipping Biden's 2021 inauguration, predicting Biden would make his mark on history. Biden calls the letter "very generous" and sees two Trumps — one writing like an old friend, one who spent weeks trying to overturn Biden's defeat — a geniality contrasting with the opponents' bitter characterizations of each other.
• Pro-Palestinian protesters pelt objects at Biden outside Irish universitynbcnews.com· 3d

  Pro-Palestinian protesters pelted objects at former President Joe Biden outside Trinity College Dublin as he attended a ceremony honoring Hunter Biden, whom the university's Hist debating society gave its gold medal for public discourse. Irish police arrested three men, while Biden, who disclosed an aggressive prostate cancer in 2025, is scaling back publicity tours for his memoir "Promise Me, America" as treatment continues.
• Joe Biden swarmed by protesters during surprise Dublin visit to support Hunterindependent.co.uk· 4d

  Joe Biden, 83, made a surprise visit to Trinity College Dublin with Jill Biden for a College Historical Society ceremony where Hunter Biden received the Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution for Public Discourse; protesters gathered and threw objects as Biden departed, and Gardaí arrested at least two people. He also met Taoiseach Micheál Martin, revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer after leaving office, and said his memoir 'Promise Me, America' is his best way of explaining his presidency, including an excerpt recounting an unusual Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump.
• What Trump Said in His Letter to Biden in 2021nytimes.com· 4d

  The New York Times's Tyler Pager reports that Joe Biden reprints Donald Trump's gracious January 20, 2021 farewell letter in his new book "Promise Me, America" — a letter that never criticizes Biden or challenges the 2020 election, which Biden calls a contrast with "two Donald Trumps." Steven Cheung, meanwhile, calls Biden "a disgrace," and Biden says cancer treatment will limit his book promotion.
• Her Doctor Will Order a $949 Blood Test That Screens for Multiple Cancers. Medicare Will Pay $0 Toward the Test, Leaving Her With the Entire Bill Before Any Coverage Decision in 2029247wallst.com· 4d

  A 247wallst.com article by Gerelyn Terzo explains that Grail's $949 Galleri blood test, which screens for cancers lacking standard screening, gets no Medicare coverage: a new law starts payment only in 2029, and its rising age cutoff would leave a 70-year-old woman ineligible even years later, so she pays cash unless TRICARE or employer coverage applies. An FDA advisory panel recently backed the test's safety and effectiveness, but approval and CMS action are still needed.
• Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canadaglobalnews.ca

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• In memoir, Biden says Trump should carry the weight of Jan. 6 riots 'to his grave'pbs.org· 5d

  An Associated Press article published by PBS News draws on the first excerpt of Joe Biden's memoir "Promise Me, America," in which Biden writes that Donald Trump led an insurrection on January 6, 2021, and that his lies about the 2020 election should follow him to his grave. The excerpt, out Nov. 17, also recounts an Oval Office meeting with Trump, Biden's cancer treatment, and the Democrats' midterm victories.
• Biden says Trump’s Jan. 6 actions ‘should follow him to his grave’nbcnews.com· 5d

  In an excerpt from his memoir "Promise Me, America," out Nov. 17, 2026, Joe Biden writes that Trump's Jan. 6 actions "should follow him to his grave," calls his pardons of Jan. 6 defendants undeserved, and says Trump "led an insurrection." He also recalls a post-2024-election meeting in which Trump called him "extraordinary" and said they would be friends if not for politics.
• Joe Biden, in White House memoir, says Trump should carry the weight of Jan. 6 riots 'to his grave'apnews.com· 5d

  In a new White House memoir, Promise Me, America, Joe Biden writes that Donald Trump led an insurrection and that his lies about the 2020 defeat and the January 6 attack should follow him to his grave. Biden also says his promotion of the book, out November 17, will be limited by his prostate cancer treatment.
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