“The biopsy site has healed very well” and the president will remain under “dermatological surveillance,” O’Connor said in Friday’s report.
Basal cell carcinoma is different from other “more serious” skin cancers, such as melanoma or squamous cell carcinoma.
It was removed during an annual physical on February 16, after which the president was declared “healthy, vigorous, fit to function,” O’Connor said in February after the physical.
The doctor then explained that Biden spent “a lot of time in the sun in his youth” and had localized non-melanoma skin cancers removed.
Biden is expected to announce that he will run for re-election in 2024.