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Joe Biden says cancer will limit him from promoting his upcoming memoir | CNN Politics

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November 09, 2026 • 12:35 AM
• By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn
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Former President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he “won’t be able to do as many conversations” about his upcoming presidential memoir due to his cancer.

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Former President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he “won’t be able to do as many conversations” about his upcoming presidential memoir due to his cancer.

“Some days are better than others. It hasn’t stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down. What that means is, unfortunately, I won’t be able to do as many conversations about my book as I’d hoped. However, I’m hopeful the words on the page speak for themselves,” he wrote on social media .

Biden’s book, titled “Promise Me, America” is slated for release on November 17.

“I hope you’ll read it,” he wrote on social media. “It covers my years as President. The challenges we faced, the decisions I made, and why I made them. It’s about who we are as a nation. What we stand for. And America’s role in the world.”

Biden, who turns 84 on November 20, is the oldest living president. The former president revealed his cancer diagnosis in May 2025, less than four months after he left the White House. His office said in a statement then that he appeared to have a “more aggressive” form of cancer but that it “appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.”

In August, his son, Hunter, told the BBC his father’s cancer had “metastasized into his bones and further.”

“It’s really sad to watch,” Hunter Biden said then. “The only thing that I’d say about my dad, about his health right now, is I wish he would complain more, because it’s not good.”

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