House Republicans want to hear from former President Joe Biden’s doctor and four key aides to discuss his mental and physical decline — after the ex-president, 82, revealed Sunday that he has prostate cancer ahead of the Tuesday release of a bombshell book on the concealment of his waning mental faculties as he sought re-election last year.

Prostate cancer is a serious disease that kills tens of thousands of Americans each year. Health experts say most people are diagnosed before it can spread to other parts of the body. Otherwise the disease can be difficult to cure.

The former US president’s office said his "last known" prostate cancer screening was in 2014 amid speculation that he had been hiding his diagnosis. View on euronews

Joe and Jill Biden are likely stung by the backlash that’s come their way after the former president’s revelation over the weekend that he is battling prostate cancer — including calls for the former first lady to be slapped with “elder abuse” charges,

RE "Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer," May 19: No one should suffer to the extent that my father did and died of bone cancer, a secondary site to the prostate cancer.

Before his cancer diagnosis, Biden had been taking the train from Delaware to Washington, meeting with his post-presidential staff, allies and former Cabinet secretaries, accordin

After a stretch of limited public appearances since leaving office, former President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis arrived amid heightened scrutiny of his cognitive health.

“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,” the statement from Biden’s office said.