Biden and his allies are 'very optimistic' about his ability to beat metastasized prostate cancer

Former President Joe Biden

Former President Joe Biden and those around him appear to be sanguine about his being able to whip his metastasized prostate cancer — even though there is no cure.

Looking forward to his recovery, he specifically told reporters last week that "we're going to be able to beat this."

According to an online story by Sebastian Murdock in the HuffPost, he also said, "The prognosis is good. We're working on everything. It's moving along, and I feel good. All the folks are very optimistic."

Earlier last month the 82-year-old was diagnosed with the Stage 4 cancer that had metastasized to the bone. Biden's office admitted it was "a more aggressive form of the disease."

In a chat with reporters at his home, Biden said, "The expectation is we're going to be able to beat this...It's not in any organ, my bones are strong."

The New York Times earlier had quoted Dr. Judd Moul, a prostate cancer expect at Duke University, as saying that men whose prostate cancer had metastasized "can live five, seven, 10 more years." 

He noted that "survival rates have almost tripled in the last decade."

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