WASHINGTON, United States, July 15, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Former US president Joe 
Biden on Wednesday announced the forthcoming publication of a memoir on his 
time in the White House, and said that his cancer treatment was going "really 
well."

In May 2025, just four months after he left office as the oldest sitting 
president, Biden revealed that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form 
of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.

He subsequently began radiation therapy.

"Since I left the presidency, I've had a lot of people ask me, 'Joe, what 
have you been doing?'" the 83-year-old said in a video on his X account.

"I've been spending a lot of time with my family. I'm dealing with a cancer 
diagnosis, and I've been getting treatment, and it's been going really well," 
he said, thanking his well-wishers.

He said his upcoming presidential memoir, "Promise Me, America," would be 
about the "challenges we faced as a nation, about the decisions I made, and 
why I made them."

He listed several key moments that marked his 2021-2025 presidency, including 
the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump, 
the war in Ukraine and the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.

It will also cover "why I chose to run for reelection, and why I chose to 
step aside," Biden said.

Despite persistent questions about his health as the oldest-ever US 
president, Biden, then aged 81, decided to run for a second term in 2024.

Following a disastrous debate performance against Trump in June 2024 and a 
wave of pressure from Democrats, Biden announced his withdrawal from the 
race.

Trump went on to beat Biden's replacement candidate -- then-vice president 
Kamala Harris.

Trump, who turned 80 in June, will surpass Biden's age-record by the time he 
leaves office in January 2029.

With a publication date of November 17, 2026, Biden's memoir will be released 
just a few weeks after the critical midterm elections.

Harris published her own memoir last year. Titled "107 Days," it covers her 
abbreviated campaign against Trump after Biden dropped out.