Joe Biden said on Sunday that he won’t be able to do as many conversations about his upcoming memoir as he expected due to his cancer diagnosis.

“I want to share a brief update. My presidential memoir, PROMISE ME, AMERICA, is coming out on November 17th. I hope you’ll read it. It covers my years as President. The challenges we faced, the decisions I made, and why I made them. It’s about who we are as a nation. What we stand for. And America’s role in the world. More than anything, it’s about my faith in the American people and the great American experiment in self-governance and democracy,” a lengthy post from Biden’s X account read.

“While writing the book, I was diagnosed with cancer, a disease known all too well to millions of Americans and their families. My doctors continue to be encouraged by how I’ve responded to treatment. 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. Some days are better than others. It hasn’t stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down. What that means is, unfortunately, I won’t be able to do as many conversations about my book as I’d hoped. However, I’m hopeful the words on the page speak for themselves,” the post continued.

“Looking forward, I’m going to keep following what my father told me a long time ago: ‘Champ, when you get knocked down, get up.’ It’s a good lesson for me. And for America. We are blessed. America is the most unique nation on earth. Unlike other countries, we’re built on an idea. An idea bigger than any ocean. More powerful than any army. Stronger than any tyrant or dictator. That idea? All of us are created equal. Promise Me, America, we’ll never forget it,” it concluded.

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Last month, the 46th President delivered a “personal” message on his health for Prostate Awareness Month, urging men to see their doctors for early detection.

“By the time we found it, it had already spread to my bones,” Biden wrote on social media. “When prostate cancer is caught early, the five-year survival is close to 100%.

“Their skill, dedication, and compassion mean so much. The radiation treatment from last fall worked as intended, and I continue to do the things I care about, like finishing my memoir,” he said, thanking his medical staff.

Biden completed his treatment for stage four cancer in October 2025. Hunter Biden described his father’s condition as “very debilitating.”

“The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further,” Hunter said in August. “It’s very painful, and it’s very debilitating in many respects.”

Biden’s memoir comes months after former first lady Jill Biden released her book, “A View from the East Wing,” in June.

Biden revealed his cancer diagnosis in May 2025, less than four months after leaving the White House.

CNN shared further:

The Atlantic published Monday the first excerpt from Biden’s book, which is titled “Promise Me, America” and slated for release on November 17. In it, Biden mainly criticized some of the earliest actions in President Donald Trump’s second term and expressed confidence that US democracy can withstand the era of his successor.

But the former president also offered some surprising observations about his post-election meeting with Trump at the White House. He said Trump’s tone toward him “bordered on fawning,” that Trump told him they’d be “good friends” if not for politics and that Trump praised his job creating record as “extraordinary.”

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“I didn’t really understand why he was buttering me up, so I cut off his compliments to move on to the business at hand,” Biden wrote, pivoting to the foreign policy issues he wanted to raise with Trump.

 

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