{"id":4065,"date":"2026-08-27T14:38:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:38:47","slug":"the-warning-signs-jill-biden-couldnt-ignore-the-former-first-lady-reveals-the-concerning-pattern-she-noticed-in-joe-biden-before-his-cancer-diagnosis-jill-biden-is-revealing-the-pri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=4065","title":{"rendered":"The Warning Signs Jill Biden Couldn\u2019t Ignore\u2026 The Former First Lady Reveals The Concerning Pattern She Noticed In Joe Biden Before His Cancer Diagnosis! Jill Biden is revealing the private concerns that led her and Joe Biden to seek more answers about his health."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Former first lady Jill Biden revealed the concerning pattern she noticed with her husband, President Joe Biden, that led them to get a second opinion on his health after leaving the White House<\/li>\n<li>The former president was diagnosed with \u201caggressive\u201d prostate cancer months after his presidency ended in 2025 and he continues to undergo regular testing and treatment<\/li>\n<li>Jill shared her shock at the diagnosis after he received comprehensive medical exams by the White House Medical Unit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Former first lady\u00a0Dr. Jill Biden\u00a0revealed in an interview with SiriusXM\u2019s\u00a0<em>Let\u2019s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>on Wednesday, Aug. 5, that former President\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0was getting up \u201cseven times a night\u201d before receiving his prostate cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Jill recalled telling White House physicians about her husband\u2019s concerning nighttime pattern and nothing came of it, so she \u201cthought it was addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cBut when it continued when we got out of the White House [in January 2025], I said, \u2018Joe, we\u2019ve got to go up to Jeff in Philly \u2014 something\u2019s wrong,\u2019 \u201d she told\u00a0Kelly Ripa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Joe, now 83, was diagnosed with an \u201caggressive\u201d form of prostate cancer last May. Jill, 75, said her husband \u201cwill forever live with cancer\u201d due to it metastasizing to his bones before getting caught.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cWe have to be mindful of it every three months, testing and medicines,\u201d Jill said on the podcast. \u201cAnd anybody who\u2019s gone through this cancer journey \u2014 and I\u2019ve been through it many times with members of my family, of course with\u00a0Beau\u00a0\u2014 it\u2019s constant. It\u2019s daily. And I think it\u2019s challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Beau Biden, Joe\u2019s oldest son with his first wife,\u00a0died of glioblastoma in 2015.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In a May\u00a0<em>CBS Sunday Morning<\/em>\u00a0interview, Jill said it was \u201cshocking\u201d to learn of her husband\u2019s diagnosis given his exhaustive evaluations by White House doctors. \u201cI do feel we had amazing care in the White House, but somehow that was missed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">She was told\u00a0by her husband\u2019s doctor\u00a0that in accordance with the American Urological Association\u2019s recommendations, men over 70 do not require routine blood tests to screen for prostate cancer because the disease is slow-growing.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Speaking to Ripa, Jill said that despite her concerns about something being wrong, \u201cI never, oh my God, I never thought it would be prostate cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-generic\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<p>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE\u2019s free daily newsletter\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Kelly dismissed the speculation of a \u201cbig cover-up\u201d from the Biden family amid Joe\u2019s cancer diagnosis, sharing that her own father found himself in a similar situation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cMy dad was in a car accident and thought he injured his back because somebody was texting and driving and hit him from behind. And if he didn\u2019t get into that accident, I don\u2019t know what would\u2019ve happened. He didn\u2019t realize that it was the cancer in his bones,\u201d Ripa, 55, said. \u201cSo I\u2019m grateful for the car accident, believe it or not, because at least we were able to treat it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cSo when people were like, \u2018There\u2019s no way you can\u2019t know,\u2019 oh, yes, there is,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/zjM56Z1aQrIW81sSRkV8bhRQ4uA=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(674x145:676x147):format(webp)\/joe-biden-prostate-cancer-jill-biden-051925-c4db0d21dc664c9db5a1557e4958d7e2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/zjM56Z1aQrIW81sSRkV8bhRQ4uA=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(674x145:676x147):format(webp)\/joe-biden-prostate-cancer-jill-biden-051925-c4db0d21dc664c9db5a1557e4958d7e2.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden pose for a photo together with their cat in May 2025.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/zjM56Z1aQrIW81sSRkV8bhRQ4uA=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(674x145:676x147):format(webp)\/joe-biden-prostate-cancer-jill-biden-051925-c4db0d21dc664c9db5a1557e4958d7e2.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/zjM56Z1aQrIW81sSRkV8bhRQ4uA=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(674x145:676x147):format(webp)\/joe-biden-prostate-cancer-jill-biden-051925-c4db0d21dc664c9db5a1557e4958d7e2.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" data-img-lightbox-variant=\"\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Joe and Jill Biden pose for a photo together with their cat in May 2025.<\/span>Joe Biden\/X&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In September 2025, a spokesperson for the former president confirmed to PEOPLE that he also\u00a0underwent Mohs surgery\u00a0\u2014 a procedure used to treat skin cancer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Overall, Jill said that although her husband has no chance of fully eliminating the cancer, he is \u201cdoing okay.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Former first lady Jill Biden revealed the concerning pattern she noticed with her husband, President Joe Biden, that led them to get a second opinion on his &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-4065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4067,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4065\/revisions\/4067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}