Joe Biden's announcement that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer has revived questions about what health issues the former US president was dealing with while he was in the White House. In a statement on Sunday,

Former US President Joe Biden had never been diagnosed with prostate cancer before last week, a spokesman has confirmed, as President Donald Trump and his allies push theories his diagnosis was covered up from the public.

The news that former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer has raised fresh questions about his White House's transparency. Biden's office said in a statement on Sunday that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone.