Monday’s (Could 19) dwell episode of The View began with an prolonged first phase wherein the cohosts — Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin — talked in regards to the information that former President Joe Biden has been recognized with an aggressive type of prostate most cancers, and the dialog turned fairly emotional.
Biden, who was a visitor on the present simply days in the past, confirmed his prognosis with a social media assertion that learn, “Most cancers touches us all. Like so lots of you, Jill and I’ve discovered that we’re strongest within the damaged locations. Thanks for lifting us up with love and assist.”
“All of us want you a really speedy restoration, and we’re considering of you and of your loved ones throughout this prognosis,” Goldberg stated to begin, including that she’s been shocked by the messages of assist Biden has obtained from throughout the aisle. “It was shocking to see a few of the individuals who wished them effectively, and it made me really feel higher.”
Hostin spoke subsequent and stated, “I feel it was what he stated, ‘Most cancers touches us all,’ when he posted this on social media, is so true. I’m certain that each single individual on this viewers and at this desk, know somebody who has had most cancers, is a survivor of most cancers, or has died from most cancers. Certainly one of my finest associates died from breast most cancers and colon most cancers, and so I feel that almost all of us households will really feel for the Bidens.” Hostin then added, “I don’t suppose that is time for politics, however what I’ll say is that this administration has reduce most cancers funding analysis by 31% since 2025. The U.S., for being such a rich nation, appears to be reducing most cancers analysis, not just for our aged, our males, but additionally our youngsters. And I feel that’s so despicable and so disdainful, and I hope maybe one thing good comes from this prognosis, that we are going to proceed funding most cancers analysis as a result of it’s very, crucial.”
Griffin was the following to talk up on the problem and stated, “I feel I communicate for all of us after I say our heartfelt prayers are with the Bidens. I actually cried after I noticed the information yesterday. He feels near us as a result of he was simply right here, and we want him nothing however simply hopefully a speedy restoration.” She went on to notice how private Biden’s political efforts to advertise most cancers analysis had been, saying, “Few individuals have executed extra to put money into most cancers than Joe Biden along with his most cancers moonshot after he misplaced his son Beau Biden, so I actually hope a few of the identical therapies he helped promote could assist him.” Nonetheless, she additionally questioned why his most cancers wasn’t detected sooner. “Obama did, at 50, the prostate examination; Trump reportedly did in 2024; at 78, Biden hadn’t, and I assume some docs don’t suggest you do in your 70s. We have to revisit that as a result of if they’ve caught this sooner, he may be with us quite a bit longer.”
Navarro stated that, since her husband is a survivor of prostate most cancers, she’s deeply aware of the illness and stated, “After the age of 70, some medical organizations, most medical organizations, don’t suggest that males get PSA. I feel when you must be your finest advocate, in case you are over 70, and so they’re telling you no PSA…. make it a degree.”
Navarro then went on to ship an emotional response to the information saying, “For me, this was unhappy. I like Joe Biden unabashedly. It was unhappy as a result of when he was right here, he was telling us about his subsequent chapter and the issues that he was going to be engaged on. He was engaged on a memoir, excited to be spending time along with his youngsters and his grandkids, going out to America and talking. And so proper now, his precedence goes to should be his well being and his therapy, but additionally the Joe Biden we all know is a person who has been very open about his challenges in life. He didn’t want to inform us that he had a Gleason rating of 9, stage 4 prostate most cancers. He’s a personal citizen now. I feel he’s doing this to remind all people that we are able to all be touched by most cancers and that we must be our advocate. He instructed us when he was affected by despair after the automobile crash that took the lifetime of his first spouse and his child daughter, he instructed us what it’s prefer to be the mother or father of any individual fighting dependancy, they took us via the journey of each most cancers and Beau’s demise. So each problem that Joe Biden and Jill Biden have confronted of their life, they’ve taken the American individuals alongside to assist us once we face the identical challenges. And the Joe Biden I do know, is an everlasting congenital optimist, that’s what he calls himself.”
She then performed a clip of Biden in a speech saying, “I do know, like hundreds of thousands of People know, whenever you get knocked down, you get again up,” and Navarro added, “Get again up, Joe, we’re rooting for you.”
Haines was the following to talk and she or he too revealed a private historical past of seeing prostate most cancers’s toll, as her grandfather suffered from it, and her father and uncles had been additionally recognized with it. She went on to say that she was saddened by the information of Biden’s prognosis as a result of, “When President Biden was right here, and that is one thing I stated early on, when individuals have served for thus lengthy, allow them to dwell, I stated to him, ‘President Biden, one factor I hope for you is which you could have a glass of wine and watch a sundown like those who have served for thus lengthy. I would like you to take pleasure in a while whenever you’re not serving everybody else, you’re simply serving your self.’” … I simply hope that there’s nonetheless time for him to have that tumbler of wine.”
Goldberg concluded the phase by addressing potential conspiracy theories that may come up about Biden’s well being whereas in workplace, saying, “What they’re saying is there are 3 ways they’ll deal with it. His age may have quite a bit to do with how they do it, however I wish to level out to those who, had this been the case whereas he was president, there’s no approach you wouldn’t have recognized, proper? As a result of he would have needed to have these therapies. So this isn’t one thing he was carrying round, that he was hiding. And as Ana stated, we find out about his struggles, and now we find out about this one. And I simply once more, wish to commend the individuals who reduce their tongues off and stated, ‘Get effectively quickly.’”
“Those that didn’t reduce their tongues off, I’ve a spot the place they’ll put them,” Navarro joked in response.
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