Hunter Biden used a BBC Newsnight interview broadcast this week to say two things his family had mostly danced around before. His father’s cancer has spread. Joe Biden’s Cancer Has SpreadHunter confirmed his father’s prostate cancer, first disclosed in May 2025, has “spread, metastasized into his bones and further.” AdvertisementHunter Admits the Pardon Was WrongJoe Biden spent years telling reporters and voters he would not use his presidential power to shield his son from prosecution. Whether it addresses the gap between what Hunter told the BBC and what the public was told in real time is an open question.