By Robert McGreevy
Prominent figures in far-left media celebrated former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis Sunday and Monday, some of them claiming he deserved the cancer.
Following Biden’s announcement that he has stage four prostate cancer that metastasized to his bones, some of his most ardent far-left critics leapt at the chance to bash him for his policies on healthcare and Israel.
“Hopefully he rots in hell and rests in piss,” former Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz wrote on X. (RELATED: Former Washington Post Writer Gushes Over ‘Handsome,’ ‘Morally Good’ Accused Killer)
Accompanying Lorenz’s post was a screenshot of a VICE News headline falsely attributing a quote to Biden about healthcare.
The Washington Post employed this woman as a journalist as recently as last fall, folks pic.twitter.com/CTSa5fj5aM
— Dylan Housman (@Dylan_Housman) May 19, 2025
Shaun King, a Black Lives Matter activist and former Bernie Sanders campaign surrogate, wrote that he wanted Biden to be in pain.
“Never in my life have I cared less about someone having an ‘aggressive form of cancer’ than I do about Joe Biden,” King wrote Sunday evening.
“I hate him. He’s a genocidal monster and I hope his final days are painful,” King concluded.
Former @BernieSanders campaign surrogate Shaun King pic.twitter.com/azAvo7fW3O
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) May 19, 2025
Leftist streamer Hasan Piker added to the chorus as well. (RELATED: As Dems Wrestle With Antisemitism Crisis, Media Tries To Elevate Terrorist-Sympathizing Extremist To Face Of Party)
“The msm is already actively laundering the reputation of a war criminal who oversaw the genocide of Palestinians who’s selfish nature allowed trump to win a second term,” Piker wrote.
the msm is already actively laundering the reputation of a war criminal who oversaw the genocide of palestinians who’s selfish nature allowed trump to win a second term – joe biden is an awful monster. prostate cancer doesnt change that.
— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) May 18, 2025
“Joe Biden is an awful monster,” he continued. “Prostate cancer doesn’t change that.”
Several congressmen and public figures on the left and the right sent warm wishes to the Biden family after the former president’s diagnosis was publicly announced.
