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Biden States He Would Not Have Sought Reelection if Cancer Diagnosis Was Known Earlier

In an interview preceding his memoir's release, former President Joe Biden stated he would have declined to run for a second term had he been aware of his cancer diagnosis during his time in office.

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In an interview preceding his memoir's release, former President Joe Biden stated he would have declined to run for a second term had he been aware of his cancer diagnosis during his time in office.

Joe Biden says he did not know he had cancer while he was president and would not have sought a second term if he already had been diagnosed. Former President Joe Biden said in a recent interview that he would have stepped away from his 2024 presidential reelection campaign had he known he had cancer at the time. Joe Biden says he did not know he had cancer while he was US president and would not have sought a second term if he already had been diagnosed.

PBS NewsHour reported the story as "Biden says he wouldn't have run for a second term in 2024 if he knew he had cancer." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported the story as "Biden says he wouldn't have run for a 2nd term in 2024 if he knew he had cancer."

4 sources have covered this story, including PBS NewsHour, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, One America News Network and South China Morning Post. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 2 hours ago.

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South China Morning Post reported it first, Nov 11, 3:55 PM ET. 4 outlets carried it over 1h 9m, 1 left and 3 right. Half of them within 15m.Reached 2 countries: Hong Kong first, then the United States +15m.

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  1. FirstSouth China Morning PostNov 11, 3:55 PM ETRight
  2. +15mOne America News NetworkNov 11, 4:10 PM ETRight
  3. +23mPittsburgh Post-GazetteNov 11, 4:18 PM ETRight
  4. +1h 9mPBS NewsHourNov 11, 5:04 PM ETLeft

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