How was Joe Biden’s cancer not caught earlier? The news that the former president is battling an aggressive, stage-4 prostate cancer that has spread to the bone ignited a public debate about why a person with peerless access to medical care was diagnosed at such an advanced stage with a disease that is quite common in men his age.

Ezekiel Emanuel, a prominent Democratic figure, told “Morning Joe” the former president "did not develop [prostate cancer] in the last 100 to 200 days."

President Donald Trump trusts White House doctors despite Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt assured reporters that Trump's health is excellent.

Biden led the Obama administration’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, which he also reinstated in 2022 after he was elected president. Its mission was to slash the cancer death rate by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years, preventing 4 million deaths and improving the lives of patients and their families.

Biden and his family are meeting with doctors and considering “multiple treatment options,” including hormone treatment, a source said. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday news