U.S. Defense Secretary Austin has prostate cancer, hospital says
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, the hospital treating him says.
The disease was recognized early and the prognosis for a cure is "excellent," Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, Md. — outside of the US capital — announced on Tuesday.
The Pentagon in Washington has been criticized for not telling either President Joe Biden or the public quickly about Austin's condition.
The 70-year-old has been hospitalized since the beginning of the year due to complications following an operation at the end of December.