Biden to release memoir Nov. 17, scaling back tour amid cancer treatment
The gist
Joe Biden said cancer treatment will limit his tour for "Promise Me, America," due Nov. 17.
The memoir assails Trump over Jan. 6 and details his 2024 exit.
How it unfolded
- May 2025Biden revealed his cancer diagnosis less than four months after leaving the White House; his office said it appeared to be a "more aggressive" but hormone-sensitive form of cancer.
- Jul 15, 2026Biden announced the memoir would be published Nov. 17, two weeks after the midterm elections.
- Aug 2026Hunter Biden told the BBC his father's cancer had "metastasized into his bones and further" and was "very painful" and "very debilitating in many respects."
Key terms
- Jan. 6
- The date in 2021 when a mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol to try to block certification of the presidential election.
- midterm elections
- US general elections held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term, when all House seats and about a third of Senate seats are contested.
- stage 4 prostate cancer
- A late-stage form of cancer in which malignant cells grow in the prostate gland and have spread to other parts of the body.
Source: Wikipedia