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Biden's office announced his illness Sunday afternoon.

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 82 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Stage 4 cancer with metastasis? Not gonna make it. No amount of money or power can stop a dead man walking.

But it does make ya wonder why he wanted to run for a second term. He probably won't make it to the end of the current administration.

He won't live long enough to see the major impact of slow rolling Trump's arrest.

I wish cancer got the other guy, but I feel no sympathy for an old racist who betrayed various words and didn't fight back against the fascist hard enough.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He’s 82, he’s not going to “make it” regardless

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

if you're going with "regardless", might as well add that none of us will "make it'. spoiler alert, we all die at the end.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

you're joking, but there are people like Peter Thiel who throw money into transhumanist nonsense specifically because he thinks he'll live forever thanks to that. cryonics, buckets of supplements, "enhanced games" as a non-FDA testing ground for immortality elixir for new emperor, and a couple of other things that i don't remember right now, all because he's so scared of dying

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We don't know that. It's statistically likely, but it's possible that due to advances in technology, the first person to cure aging is already alive today.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

We've also been talking about curing it for years and it hasn't happened, so maybe live your life like you're dying and be pleasantly surprised if we cure it.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days ago

But it does make ya wonder why he wanted to run for a second term.

Look at the average age of congress. Look at what Dianne Feinstein was doing at the end of her life. They don't want power. It's all automatic to them at this point. They don't know now to do anything else then grab and hold as much power as possible without any reason or purpose.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

But it does make ya wonder why he wanted to run for a second term. He probably won’t make it to the end of the current administration.

There are already conspiracy theories going around that he kept his medical issues (dementia, cancer, etc) a closely guarded secret whilst running for re-election.

As for why I think Biden wanted to run for a second term, my guess is that his plan was to stand down and effectively proxy the United States' first female leader in that way. Harris would have otherwise been eviscerated in the primaries.

He won’t live long enough to see the major impact of slow rolling Trump’s arrest.

Dude, with the way Trump is handling things, the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential elections are going to be about as Fair and Balanced™ as a Fox News broadcast.

[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

It is interesting that the medical examination before and during his presidency should have included cancer examination? I thought it is common practice to do a test every 2 years or so..

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If he won a second term and died then somebody other than Vance and Musk would be running the show, at least.

Even while dying he's stilling participating in fundraising for the DNC.

He will be missed.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah it seems fundraising is more important to the DNC than improving the country. But then again the people who pay big money to politics aren't happy with a better country. That would mean less wealth for them and more dignity fir everyone else.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

But it does make ya wonder why he wanted to run for a second term.

That's no mystery. If there were primaries, someone to his left might win them.