Biden’s ‘I have cancer’ remark creates buzz, White House clarifies

US July 21 Hindustan Times- Social media was left abuzz on Wednesday after a video of US President Joe Biden supposedly saying he has cancer was being circulated widely. 

Biden had made the comment while giving a speech on climate crisis and global warning in Somerset, Massachusetts.

He blamed emissions from oil refineries near his childhood home for giving him and those he grew up with cancer. 
“That's why I - and so damn many other people I grew up with - have cancer and why for the longest time,” the US president ewas seen saying. 

The White House quickly clarified that Biden is not battling cancer. Deputy press secretary Andrew Bates retweeted a post by Washington Post's which said that Biden had his “non-melanoma skin cancers removed” before he took office. Kessler attached the US president's November 2021 medical report to back his statement in which Biden's physician Dr. Kevin O’Conno noted that he is “fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency”.