First lady Jill Biden's advocacy for curing cancer didn't start with her son's death in 2015 from brain cancer
. It began decades earlier, long before she came into the national spotlight, and could now be further energized by her own brush with a common form of skin cancer.
While it's too early to know when and how Biden might address her situation publicly, her experience could inject new purpose into what has become part of her life's work highlighting research into curing cancer and urging people to get regular screenings.“Nothing like ‘I’ve been there, done that' and being personally involved," said Myra Gutin, a first lady scholar at Rider University.
That experience led her to create the Biden Breast Health Initiative, one of the first breast health programs in the United States, to teach 16-to 18-year-old girls about caring for their breasts. Biden was among staffers who went into Delaware's high schools to conduct lectures and demonstrations. In the years between Biden serving as vice president and running for president, the Bidens headed up the Biden Cancer Initiative, a charity.
The first lady also partnered with the Lifetime cable channel to encourage women to get mammograms. A Democrat, she gave, the conservative cable news channel, to discuss the federal investment in accelerating the cancer fight.
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