Former President Joe Biden will require "further evaluation" after a small prostate nodule was discovered during a recent physical examination. "In a routine physical exam a small nodule was found in the prostate which necessitated further evaluation," a spokesperson told ABC News.

Former President Joe Biden went to a hospital on Friday after a recent medical examination. Biden, 82, was examined at a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, hospital on Friday, according to The New York Times.

The discovery raises new questions about Joe Biden’s health just months after he stepped away from political life - the nodule was found during “a routine physical exam”, a spokesperson confirmed.