Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone

It is irrelevant because his team was hiding everything about him so they could just run the country and put the scarecrow in front of a camera while they did it.  

I didn't know this was a thing, I know every President since the 70's voluntarily released their tax returns, except for one. Since you have the info right in front of you, can you give me a rundown on PSA levels of Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr., Obama, and Trump? Thanks.

I don't have a satisfactory answer for you, David.  I can tell by the wording of your question.  Which is why I had posed my question first.  I wasn't looking for a fight. 

A dichotomy, just something that might be of interest HERE in the whirlwind of information and misinformation plastered in KS by a lot of already opinionated armchair medical experts, tied not to what is in everybody's best interest but to fiercely guarded loyalty to a party and the need to save face.  But I will try without putting a slant to it.

FDR tried to hide his infirmities, fearing folks' reactions.  Woodrow Wilson suffered the flu and subsequently a stroke in 1918, during the so-called (and erroneously named) Spanish Flu.  His wife ran all presidential affairs, unknown to the public.  Called the "secret presidency", there was no Internet or lightning fast news coverage.   

So, what is the danger when a sitting president becomes ill?  That's why we have what many other countries do not have, a Constitutionally prescribed orderly process for continuation of presidential duties in the event the pres is incapacitated.  Lyndon Johnson was immediately sworn in after JFK was pronounced dead.   I believe somebody was sworn in when Reagan had to go into surgery after being shot.  
General Anesthesia would incapacitate him for an unknown period, and unknown whether or not he would survive the surgery.

Wilson's wife taking over is probably not in that prescribed process, but apparently she did pretty well. WWI was going.  The 1918 pandemic was already underway, with states coping with it the best they knew how.  There was no vaccine on the horizon.  Congregation of persons in close quarters seems to have been the key as to which communities, businesses, schools, groups, etc. fared better or worse for the spread. 

Why the amount of outrage, angst, etc. here in KS regarding Biden possibly not being mentally fit, and at what point during his term?  Did our posters want to see a more visable possible transition of leadership to K. Harris?  Or just mad that something was happening that they didn't know about until recently?  Did Harris know more what was going on that was told to the public, the likelihood of her having to take over some duties?  Maybe it will come out, maybe not.

Whoever we vote for now and in the future, state level to Federal, having a lot of smart and courageous around the leader seems important, because an official leader is just one person.  JMHO.

Candy

The wife of one of my friends was diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer, she had no idea or warning that she was sick until she felt under the weather and went to the doctor. Three weeks later, she died, on 10/31/2024.

"You USUALLY don't go to bed healthy and wake up with stage 4 cancer."   

There you go, fixed it for you.    

So sorry for your and your friend's family's loss. 

My mother lasted three weeks after she was diagned with stomach cancer--thst diagnosis was less than a month after her annual checkup, when she got a clean bill of health.

Stupid fucking Tom has absolutely no idea what he's babbling about.

Millerscum asked a question in a civil manner, and for the first time in over 500 posts, didn't insult anybody, so I'll dignify him with an answer.

I've said it already, many times, that the only criterion that matters is whether the President is able to carry out the duties of his office. That's explicitly stated in the 25th Amendment. And that, in turn, is determined by the VP and the Cabinet--and ultimately, by the House and Senate. Not Fox Nooze. Not MAGA. Not the collective opinion of all the patrons of Rabid Jake's Bar and Massage Parlor. And sure as shit not the opinion of a bunch of  randos on an internet message board.

THEREFORE, Biden's medical condition should have remained private. The only valid question was whether he could do his job, and the only ones entitled to make that determination are listed above.

Period.

I concur with your last statement, Kevin.  

I can't tell if somebody was joking when asking if Biden had publicly reported his PSA results. 

Good for a belly laugh, though.

Candy

😂 I get kick out of conservatives complaining about Biden.  Your guy is mentally unstable, and in fact when he addressed the West Point graduates at their graduation ceremony this weekend rather than say something uplifting or praise the graduates for their accomplishments he rambled on about the dangers of trophy, wives. That dude needs his head examined. And all you conservatives are complicit in covering up his psychological conditions. 

It is also important to note that Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer's when he started his second term and it was actively known by Republican Party officials/his advisors when he ran for that second term. Then during his second term they actively worked to cover it up and conceal this fact from the American public. 

And if we need to see Biden's PSA results we need access to the records concerning Trump's congestive heart failure.