A top conservative has claimed that former President Joe Biden ‘played’ the press to have them ‘cover-up’ his cancer diagnosis.
Biden’s office announced Sunday afternoon that the 82-year-old was diagnosed with an ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer.
The cancer has metastasized and spread to his bones and his family is currently deciding on treatment options, the statement read.
Since the major announcement, a slew of speculation has taken over as many believe Biden showed signs of decline when he was in the White House.
Dana Loesch, a radio and TV host and the former spokesperson for the National Rifle Association, is one of those who believes the 46th president and his team had the media purposely hide his declining health – but were duped into actually hiding his cancer diagnosis.
Loesch took to X Monday morning, calling the media ‘an embarrassing joke.’
‘I wonder if the legacy press feels stupid for blatantly running cover on Biden’s egregious cognitive decline only to realize they were played into hiding his serious cancer diagnosis. Our media is an embarrassing joke,’ she wrote.
She followed up with: ‘This is what happens when you have people more interested in power adjacency, and the appearance of influence that goes with it, than their duty of protecting the republic.’
Former President Joe Biden’s office announced Sunday afternoon that the 82-year-old has been diagnosed with an ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer
Dana Loesch, a radio and TV host and the former spokesperson for the National Rifle Association, is one of those who believes the 46th president and his team had the media purposely hide his declining health
People quickly swarmed to her post as some agreed with her theory.
‘Biden’s decline happened within months of him entering office,’ wrote one.
‘None of Biden’s secrets would be secrets if the media did their job properly,’ said another.
Someone else called it ‘a massive, epic cover up by the media and everyone associated with the Biden administration.’
Even the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr.. is not fully convinced Biden was just diagnosed with the disease.
‘What I want to know is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another coverup???,’ he wrote on X.
Trump Jr. shared an observation from a doctor that prostate cancer was easy to diagnose, and that it typically took 5 to 7 years of treatment before it metastasized.
He also shared an old video of Biden delivering a speech in 2022 in which he spoke about environmental pollution and concluded, ‘that’s why I, and so damn many other people I grew up with, have cancer.’
Just hours after announcing his cancer diagnosis, Biden took to social media to address it himself as he posted a selfie of him with his wife Jill and their gray tabby cat Willow
At the time, the Biden communications team clarified that the president was referring to his past experience with skin cancer and melanoma.
But Trump Jr. said it was evident that Biden may have had cancer as early as when he first became president.
‘Joe says he had cancer 2 years ago and everyone said it’s a gaffe,’ he wrote. ‘When he clearly had dementia, everyone said he’s lucid. Now that he’s no longer useful they’re all shocked that they missed it.’
Trump Jr. concluded that there may have been a plot at the highest levels of the Biden family and his staff to cover up his health issues.
Just hours after announcing his cancer diagnosis, Biden took to social media to address it himself.
‘Cancer touches us all,’ he wrote on X alongside a selfie of him sporting a brave smile alongside a somber-looking former first lady Jill Biden, who was holding their gray tabby cat Willow.
‘Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places,’ Biden added. ‘Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.’
Prostate cancers are provided a ‘Gleason score,’ which measures how the cancerous cells look compared with normal cells. Biden’s score of 9 suggests his cancer is among the most aggressive.
Even the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr.. is not fully convinced Biden was just diagnosed with the disease
‘While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management,’ his office noted.
The announcement came just one week after reports revealed that a ‘small nodule’ was found on Biden’s prostate that needed ‘further evaluation.’
It’s common for those of Biden’s advanced age to experience prostate issues. More than half of prostate cancers are found in men older than 65, according to the American Cancer Society.
A nodule is a firm lump or swelling that can develop throughout the body. While they can be benign and harmless, some can be associated with bigger health concerns like infections or, in this case, cancer.
