Joe Biden says cancer slowed him down, limiting memoir promotion tour
Former President Joe Biden said on Sunday ahead of the release of his presidential memoir that he would need to limit the promotional events due to his cancer battle slowing him down at times.
Key points
- The memoir also details the personal deliberations behind his decision to end his 2024 re-election bid.
- Biden recalled his father telling him, "When you get knocked down, get up." "It's a good lesson for me.
- "My presidential memoir, PROMISE ME, AMERICA, is coming out on November 17th.
Former President Joe Biden announced today that he will be limiting his promotional activities for Promise Me, America, his upcoming memoir about his time in office.
Additional details
- And the prayers and kind words and well wishes from so many of you have meant more to me and Jill and our family than you can ever know," Biden said.
- More than anything, it's about my faith in the American people and the great American experiment in self-governance and democracy," Biden said on X.
- 6, 2021, Capitol riot, domestic legislation, global diplomacy and his decision to run for re-election before later stepping aside in 2024.
- "While writing the book, I was diagnosed with cancer, a disease known all too well to millions of Americans and their families.
- BIDEN CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT FROM CAMPAIGN TRAIL AS OBAMA, HARRIS STEP UP FOR MIDTERM PUSH "We are blessed.
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