US President Joe Biden, 80, underwent surgery in February to remove a “small” skin tumor that turned out to be cancerous after examination, according to his doctor, Friday, noting that “all cancerous tissues were successfully removed.”
This cancerous tumor, which was discovered and removed during a routine medical examination of the US President on February 16, is of a nature that “does not tend to spread or cause the emergence of cancerous metastases,” according to what Doctor Kevin O’Conner explained in a report published by the White House, adding that “it was not More treatment is needed.”
He explained that this distinguishes it from the “more serious” forms of skin cancer.
O’Connor noted that the site from which the tumor was removed had “healed well”.
After the medical visit on February 16, the doctor recalled that Joe Biden “spent a lot of time in the sun during his youth” and that, before becoming president, he had previously undergone operations to remove cancerous tumors.
He concluded at the time that Biden, who intends to run for a second term in the 2024 elections, is “in good health” and “qualified” to perform his duties.