WASHINGTON — Joe Biden recently underwent skin cancer surgery, a spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY, just months after the former president was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

According to the spokesperson, Biden, 82, had Mohs surgery, a common procedure for treating skin cancer, but did not offer any other information. Biden was diagnosed in May with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that had spread to the bone.

He was "experiencing urinary symptoms," and a "nodule" was discovered on his prostate, according to a statement in May.

The former president thanked supporters for lifting him and his wife "up with love" after the diagnosis.

"Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places," Biden posted on social media May 19.

The Biden family has been devastated by cancer before. The former president's son, Beau Biden, died of a brain tumor in 2015.

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Reporting by Zac Anderson and Joey Garrison, USA TODAY / USA TODAY

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