A leading oncologist who worked for former President Biden has joined those expressing shock that his prostate cancer was not detected earlier — suggesting the oldest-ever president may even have had it for “a decade.”

Dr Ezekiel Emanuel, a former member of Biden’s transition team who helped craft the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, stunned MSNBC’s left-leaning “Morning Joe” with his stunning analysis.

“He’s had this for many years, maybe even a decade, growing there and spreading,” Emanuel told the Biden-supporting hosts early Monday.
Morning Joe hosts were left stunned as Dr Ezekiel Emanuel suggested Joe Biden’s advanced prostate cancer should have been caught earlier.MSNBC
“It’s a little surprising. I looked back at the records and there’s no evidence that when he got his health status and the medical records were released that he had a prostate-specific antigen.”

Emanuel insisted the 82-year-old would have definitely had the disease even before he was elected to the White House.

“He did not develop it in the last 100 to 200 days,” Emanuel said.
Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.AFP via Getty Images
“He had it while he was president. He probably had it at the start of his presidency in 2021. Yes, I don’t think there’s any disagreement about that.”

Other doctors have said it is “inconceivable” Biden’s diagnosis managed to go undetected.

Doctors found a “small nodule” on Biden’s prostate during a medical exam earlier this month, his spokesman revealed Sunday — with the cancer cells having spread to the bone.

His team said the cancer had been graded a Gleason score of 9, suggesting his form was among the most aggressive.

Emanuel noted that some doctors recommended not doing a “prostate-specific antigen” – a routine bloodwork test – after the age of 70, but said Biden had been in public office much longer than that.

“He was vice president and had a lot of exams under 70. So it’s a little surprising that they didn’t do it,” the oncologist said.

“And maybe President Biden decided he didn’t want the test. Many men do decide they don’t want a PSA, but this is also aggressive.”

“When we talk about the aggressive part, what we mean is that Gleason score, that score is from two up to 10. And he’s a nine. And that means that the cancer doesn’t look normal, it looks very abnormal, which is probably why it’s in the bone,” he continued.

Emanuel noted that former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush both had the test.

“I don’t know what President Biden and his doctor discussed, but I think you are hinting at the other element, which is that President Obama had this test, President Bush had this test,” he said.

“It is a little surprising that the doctor didn’t take it. And if he took it and didn’t report it and it was elevated, that is another case of doctors not being straightforward with us.

“We’ve had several of them with President Trump, especially around his COVID diagnosis. And if that is true, that would be very troubling.”

Elsewhere, when pressed on how exactly many years Biden may have had the disease, Emanuel said: “We don’t know, obviously. And it is a little surprising to many of us oncologists that he wasn’t diagnosed earlier.”