The nodule "necessitated further evaluation,” a spokesperson for the former president told ABC News Joe Biden has a "small nodule" on his prostate. A spokesperson for the former president confirmed his health update in a statement to ABC News on Tuesday,

Former President Joe Biden was hospitalized overnight last Friday in Philadelphia for “further evaluation” of a small nodule found on his prostate during a physical exam. Biden’s spokesman told The New York Times he would not be providing any additional information about the former president‘s care.

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.