Former U.S. President Joe Biden has undergone surgery to remove skin cancer, his spokeswoman confirmed this week.
Biden, 82, recently had Mohs surgery, a common procedure in which layers of skin are removed until no trace of cancer remains. While officials did not disclose further details, the former president was recently seen with a visible wound on the right side of his head.
This is not Biden’s first battle with cancer. In 2023, doctors removed a cancerous lesion from his chest during a routine health screening.
Earlier this year, in May 2025, he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones—a development he addressed candidly on social media.
“Cancer touches us all,” Biden wrote at the time. “Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places.”
Before becoming president, Biden had multiple non-melanoma skin cancers removed, a condition his doctors have long monitored closely.
Since leaving the White House in January, Biden has largely stepped back from public life, making only limited appearances as he continues treatment.
Cancer has been a deeply personal cause for the Bidens. Their son, Beau Biden, died in 2015 from brain cancer, a tragedy that shaped the family’s lifelong advocacy for research, treatment, and cures.
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