
When Presidents Get Cancer: Mitterrand, Biden, and the Question of Integrative Medicine
When a sitting president is diagnosed with cancer, the world watches not just with concern but with curiosity: what treatments will they choose, and how will they perform under the shadow of illness? This is not a new question. Today, comparisons are quietly being made between President Joe Biden and former French President François Mitterrand—two elder statesmen, both diagnosed with prostate cancer while in power, but who seemed to take very different paths. And the juxtaposition between how the two leaders aged publicly and managed their presidential duties while ill is striking.
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