‘I have cancer’, says US President Joe Biden; White House clarifies statement

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he has cancer. The startling statement was made during a speech about global warming and climate change. In the speech, he described about the emissions from some oil refineries near his childhood home in Delaware.

“That’s why I and so damn many other people I grew up with have cancer and why for the longest time Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation,” Biden said.

However, the White House quickly clarified that the president was referring to the skin cancer treatment he had taken before assuming office. “Before he became president, he’d had non-melanoma skin cancers removed”, tweeted Washington Post columnist Glenn Kessler.

The tweet was retweeted by White House spokesperson Andrew Bates as well. Biden had then been diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer. Following which, the cancer cells were removed.