President Biden said Wednesday that he has cancer — making either a gaffe or a stunningly casual health announcement — during a speech about global warming in Massachusetts.
Biden was describing the health effects of emissions from oil refineries near his childhood home in Claymont, Del.
“That’s why I and so damn many other people I grew up with have cancer and why for the longest time, Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation,” Biden said.
The president was speaking near a former coal power plant that’s being converted to support offshore wind farms.
Biden, 79, is the oldest-ever US president and his mental acuity is frequently a matter of public debate.
He says, however, that he intends to seek a second term in 2024 and his defenders note that he’s struggled for years with gaffes or inaccurate remarks.
Biden was describing the health effects of emissions from oil refineries near his childhood home in Claymont, Del.
“That’s why I and so damn many other people I grew up with have cancer and why for the longest time, Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation,” Biden said.
The president was speaking near a former coal power plant that’s being converted to support offshore wind farms.
Biden, 79, is the oldest-ever US president and his mental acuity is frequently a matter of public debate.
He says, however, that he intends to seek a second term in 2024 and his defenders note that he’s struggled for years with gaffes or inaccurate remarks.
Joe Biden says he ‘has’ cancer thanks to oil industry — but WH points to skin cancer years ago
President Biden said Wednesday that he has cancer, forcing the White House press office to quickly clarify that he was referring to skin cancer treatment that he had before taking office last year.
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