Biden Has Surgery to Remove Skin Cancer on Forehead

Former President Joe Biden recently had surgery to eliminate skin cancer lesions, a spokesperson said on Sept. 4.

Kelly Scully, spokesperson for Biden, confirmed the former president’s surgery after an Inside Edition video showed him exiting a church in Delaware with a new scar on his forehead. Scully said Biden underwent Mohs surgery, which involves cutting away skin until all cancer cells are removed.

Biden also had a lesion—basal cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer—removed from his chest two years ago while still in office.

In mid-May, the former president’s office said he had been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer.

“President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,” his office stated. “On [May 16], he was diagnosed with prostate cancer … with metastasis to the bone.

“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which allows for effective management.”

At the time, Biden’s office said his family was “reviewing treatment options.”

The former president reacted to the diagnosis on X, writing on May 19 that “Cancer touches us all.”

“Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support,” Biden said.

On May 30, after speaking at Veterans’ Memorial Park in New Castle, Delaware, Biden said he had a “good” prognosis and that treatment for his prostate cancer was underway.

“Well, the prognosis is good and, you know, we’re working on everything. It’s moving along, so I feel good,” Biden said. He had decided on his treatment options, adding that “they are underway, and everybody … all the folks are very optimistic.”

The treatment was “all a matter of taking a pill for the next six weeks,” Biden said, although he did not say which medication.

“It’s not in any organ. My bones are strong. … I’m feeling good,” he added.

The Biden family has been beset with multiple cancer diagnoses over the years. Former First Lady Jill Biden had two cancerous lesions removed, also undergoing Mohs surgery, and their son Beau died of a brain tumor in 2015.

Joseph Lord, Arjun Singh, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.