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Biden says he wouldn’t have run for second term if he’d known he had cancer

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Joe Biden says he did not know he had cancer while president and would not have run for re-election in 2024 if he had been diagnosed, according to a People magazine interview ahead of his White House memoir release.

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Joe Biden made the comments in an interview with People magazine before the release of his White House memoir on Tuesday. His 2024 re-election bid ended after a disastrous debate performance against Republican Donald Trump.

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Joe Biden says he did not know he had cancer while he was US president and would not have sought a second term if he already had been diagnosed.

The former Democratic president’s comments came in an interview with People magazine before the release of his White House memoir on Tuesday.

“If I had known that I was feeling lousy because I had cancer,” said Biden, who turns 84 on November 20, “I would’ve not gone forward” with a 2024 re-election bid that ended after a disastrous debate performance against Republican Donald Trump.

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This article was originally published by SCMP Economy.

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