Former President Joe Biden's prostate cancer has progressed and is causing him significant pain, his son Hunter said in a BBC interview broadcast Friday night. Former President Joe Biden's office announced in May 2025 that he had an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty Images file"The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further," Hunter Biden told BBC Newsnight. "It's really, really hard, and it's really sad to watch," he said. The cancer has spread, is… pic.twitter.com/eg5iXFYvS7 — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) August 8, 2026Hunter's account cuts against that framing. Jill Biden told NBC News in June that her husband would live with cancer for the rest of his life.