前总统拜登在周三发表的一篇采访中表示，他在白宫期间并没有隐瞒自己侵袭性4期前列腺癌的诊断，并补充说，如果早期确诊，他就不会寻求连任。
Former President Biden said in an interview published Wednesday he did not hide his aggressive stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis while he was in the White House, adding he would not have sought a second term had he been diagnosed early.
《人物》杂志在拜登即将出版的回忆录《Promise Me, America》发行前发布了这篇采访。该书将由阿歇特图书集团于11月17日出版。该媒体询问拜登，如何看待他所称公众对其病情的“愤世嫉俗的曲解”——即一些人指责他在任期间隐瞒病情。
People magazine released an interview with the 46th president ahead of the release of his upcoming memoir, “Promise Me, America,” set to be published by Hachette Book Group on Nov. 17. The outlet asked Biden about what he described as the public’s “cynical twist” of his diagnosis — referring to how some people accused him of hiding his illness while in office.
“很多人都这么做，”拜登在谈到这些传言时说，“民选官员会向公众隐瞒坏消息。我没有那样做。我得知病情、了解情况后，就告诉了公众。”
“A lot of people do that,” Biden said of the rumors. “They hide bad news from the public if they’re elected officials. I didn’t do that. We let the public know when I found out, when I knew what was going on.”
这位前总统表示，他认为国家领导人如果“经历了许多美国民众正在经历的同样的事情”，就有必要告知民众。“我根本没有隐瞒，”他重申道。拜登表示，在癌症未被确诊期间，它并未影响自己履行总统职责。
The former president said he found it “important” for national leaders to inform their people if they “go through some of the very same things that a lot of American people are going through.”“I wasn’t hiding it at all,” he reiterated. Biden said the cancer, when it was undiagnosed, did not interfere with his duties as president.
“首先，我从未感到身心俱疲，”他告诉该杂志，“我读到过（其他人）像（前总统）哈里·杜鲁门那样谈论（说）这是世界上最艰难的工作。我并不觉得有那么难。”拜登随后表示，如果他因病情“感觉很差”，“我就会辞职”。
“First of all, I never felt the toll,” he told the magazine. “I read [others] like [former President] Harry Truman talk about [how] it’s the most difficult job in the world. I didn’t find it that way.”Biden later said, had he been “feeling lousy” due to the condition, “I would have resigned.”
“我就不会继续参选，因为我认为一个80岁患癌的人不应该竞选（总统），”他说，“但情况并非如此……我相信，客观地说，我是最适合担任这一职务的人。”这位前总统的健康状况在他整个任期内一直是外界审视的焦点。拜登当时刚过78岁，是当选入主椭圆形办公室的最年长者，直到特朗普总统在2024年以78岁零7个月的年龄再次当选。
“I would’ve not gone forward, because I don’t think an 80-year-old man with cancer should be running for [president],” he said. “But that wasn’t the case … I believe that on an objective basis, I was the best-equipped person to do the job.”The former president’s health was a source of scrutiny throughout his term. Just over 78 years old at the time, Biden was the oldest person elected to the Oval Office until President Trump was reelected in 2024, at 78 years and seven months.
拜登的年龄引发了外界对其认知健康的批评，盟友也施压要求他退选。
Biden’s age sparked criticism surrounding his cognitive health and pressure from allies to drop out.
前白宫新闻秘书卡琳·让-皮埃尔2024年7月对记者表示，拜登决定放弃作为预期民主党总统候选人的身份，“与他的健康无关”。她否认自己和白宫助手参与了一场向公众隐瞒拜登衰退的“掩盖”。
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters in July 2024 that Biden’s decision to step aside as the expected Democratic nominee had “nothing to do with his health.”She rejected any notion she and White House aides were engaged in a “cover-up” to hide Biden’s decline from the public.
这位前总统的私人办公室于2025年5月披露，他被诊断出患有一种侵袭性前列腺癌，并已发生骨转移，不过医生表示病情“对激素敏感”。按照这一时间线，如果拜登继续参选并击败特朗普，这一诊断本应在他假想的第二个任期开始四个月后公布。
The former president’s personal office revealed in May 2025 he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer with bone metastasis, though doctors said the condition was “hormone sensitive.”Matched with that timeline, the diagnosis would have been announced four months into a hypothetical second term had Biden continued his race and defeated Trump.
拜登于2025年10月完成治疗，并在9月表示他的放射治疗“按预期起效”，同时继续撰写回忆录。
Biden completed his treatment in October 2025, saying in September his radiation treatment “worked as intended” and continued to work on his memoir.
他周日宣布，由于癌症，他正在缩减为宣传该书而举办的活动。拜登还表示，疾病并未阻止他工作，但“有时”会让他放慢节奏。
He announced Sunday that, because of the cancer, he was scaling back events to promote the book. Biden added that the illness had not stopped him from working, but it “sometimes” slowed him down.