Former President Joe Biden has said he will not be able to have 'as many conversations' about his upcoming memoir as he would have liked amid his battle with prostate cancer.
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Biden, who turns 84 on November 20, revealed his cancer diagnosis in May of last year, less than four months after he left the White House.
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He was then noticeably absent from the campaign trail and spent election night congratulating the Democrats who won over the phone.
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It hasn't stopped me.
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But sometimes it slows me down,' the former commander-in-chief acknowledged in an update on social media on Sunday.
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'What that means is, unfortunately, I won't be able to do as many conversations about my book as I'd hoped,' he continued.
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'However, I'm hopeful the words on the page speak for themselves.
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Biden's memoir, entitled Promise Me, America, is set to be released on November 17.
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'I hope you'll read it,' the former president told his followers.
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'It covers my years as President.
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The challenges we faced, the decisions I made and why I made them.
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What we stand for.
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And America's role in the world,' he continued.
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But 'more than anything,' he said, 'it's about my faith in the American people and the great American experiment in self-governance and democracy.'
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Former President Joe Biden (pictured with his wife, Dr Jill Biden, at a September 11 memorial) announced on Sunday that he will limit his book tour amid his battle with prostate cancer
iden's memoir, entitled Promise Me, America, is set to be released on November 17
The one-term president also used the opportunity to update the public on his health.
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My doctors continue to be encouraged by how I've responded to treatment,' he said.
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'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.
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'Looking forward, I'm going to keep following what my father told me a long time ago: "Champ, when you're knocked down, get up."
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And for America,' Biden continued.
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'We are blessed,' he said.
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Unlike other countries we're built on an idea.
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All of us are created equal.
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'Promise Me, America, we'll never forget it,' he concluded.
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Biden's message comes months after his son Hunter revealed in an interview that the cancer had spread into his father's bones, noting that it was 'really sad to watch' his elderly father suffer.
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'It's very painful and it's very debilitating in many respects,' Hunter said in the interview with the BBC back in August.
Former First Lady Jill Biden also previously told Today her husband would 'live with cancer the rest of his life.'
'I think if he had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, that’s one thing because that can be cured, but the fact that it metastasized to his bones, that makes it a whole different story,' she said in June.
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'So I think Joe will live with cancer till the rest of his life.'
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Joe has previously undergone radiation and hormone treatment.
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He also had surgery to remove cancerous skin cells in September.
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Hunter said his father remains 'out there,' speaking publicly about the issues that are important to him.
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'He's still doing his thing,' he said.
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'He so believes in this country.'
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