Former President Biden are reviewing treatment options after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which the National Cancer Institute (NCI) says is the "most common" type of cancer in U.S. men. The big picture: Biden's representatives said Sunday the 82-year-old has an aggressive form of the disease,

Former president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, according to his office.

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