WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former U.S. President Joe Biden has undergone surgery to remove skin cancer, his spokeswoman confirmed on Friday.
Biden, 82, recently had Mohs surgery, a procedure that removes layers of skin until no trace of cancer remains, according to remarks to CBS News, the BBC’s U.S. partner. Further details of the operation were not immediately provided.
In recent days, Biden had been seen with a wound on the right side of his head.
This is not the first time the former president has faced cancer treatment. In 2023, doctors removed a cancerous skin lesion from his chest during a routine health screening.
Earlier this year, in May, Biden was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.
“Cancer touches us all,” he wrote on social media at the time. “Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places.”
Biden has also had several non-melanoma skin cancers removed prior to his presidency.
The former president has largely withdrawn from public life since leaving office in January, appearing only occasionally in public.
The Bidens have long been active voices in the fight against cancer. Their son, Beau Biden, died in 2015 from brain cancer, a loss that shaped much of Biden’s advocacy for research and treatment.
