DAVID MUIR: We turn now to the other news this Tuesday night. We have new reporting tonight on former President Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis. The former president's spokesperson revealing late today the last time the former president was tested for this. Here's our Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.
JON KARL: Tonight, as former President Biden battles incurable stage 4 prostate cancer, his spokesman revealed the last time Biden got a PSA test for the disease was more than ten years ago, in 2014. The spokesperson saying, quote, “prior to Friday, President Biden had never been diagnosed with prostate cancer. It was Sunday the world learned that the former president has cancer, and that it has spread to his bones. Biden is 82 years old, and medical experts say PSA tests are not typically recommended for men older than 70. Among that age group, when prostate cancer is found, it is often serious.
CURT DeVILLE: I would say on average, if I see patients at this age, it's a common scenario that they're diagnosed with advanced disease, because very often their PSA was no longer being checked. They were no longer undergoing screening.
KARL: One question many are asking tonight: should presidents be tested more frequently? The White House says President Trump, who is 78, had a PSA test last month. While stage 4 prostate cancer is considered incurable, it can be treated and it can be managed. President Biden is in Delaware with his family, weighing those treatment options, David.
MUIR: Of course, cancer has touched so many families across this country, and so many people pulling for the former president. Jon, thank you.
