Former President Joe Biden announced in a post on X that his presidential memoir, “Promise Me, America,” will be released Nov. 17, and that cancer will limit how many conversations he can hold about the book.
The memoir covers his years as president, he said. It includes the challenges faced, the decisions he made and why he made them.
Biden said the book is also about the nation itself. It covers who Americans are, what they stand for and America’s role in the world, along with his faith in the American people and in self-governance and democracy.
Diagnosis during writing
Biden said he was diagnosed with cancer while writing the book. He called it a disease known all too well to millions of Americans and their families.
How he is responding to treatment, Biden said, continues to encourage his doctors. He said the prayers, kind words and well wishes have meant more to him, Jill and their family “than you can ever know.”
It slows him down at times, Biden said, but it has not stopped him, and some days are better than others.
Fewer book conversations
That slowdown, he said, means he will not be able to do as many conversations about the book as he had hoped. He said he is hopeful the words on the page speak for themselves.
Looking forward, Biden said he will keep following advice his father gave him long ago: “Champ, when you get knocked down, get up.” He called it a good lesson for him and for America.
He closed by returning to the idea he said the country is built on, that all people are created equal. “Promise Me, America, we’ll never forget it,” he wrote.
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