Biden Expects 'to Beat This,' Just as His Doctor Did

Joe Biden said Friday that treatment has begun for his Stage 4 prostate cancer and that "the expectation is we're going to be able to beat this." The former president talked to reporters at a belated Memorial Day observance in Delaware, USA Today reports. The cancer is "not in any (other) organ," he said. "My bones are strong, it hasn't penetrated. So I'm feeling good." Biden said he's begun a six-week regimen of taking a pill daily.

The patient apparently draws inspiration from one of his surgeons. "He was diagnosed with the same exact thing 32 years ago," Biden said. "He's alive and well, doing very well." The visit to Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle took place on the 10th anniversary of the death of his son Beau, who battled brain cancer after serving in Iraq, per CBS News. "It's a hard day," Biden said. He gave a 10-minute speech at the event, delivering a message about veterans who have been lost. "Just like the legacy of all our fallen heroes lives on, they live on in us and they live on in the strength and freedom of our nation," the former president said. (More Joe Biden stories.)