Joe Biden Says His Presidency Will Have a Cure for Cancer The 2020 presidential candidate made the <br />remark in Iowa during a recent campaign event. Joe Biden, via <br />'USA Today' The former vice president has been very involved in cancer research since losing his son in 2015. During the final year of President Obama's <br />second term, Biden lead an initiative <br />called "Cancer Moonshot." Since leaving his VP role, Biden has started his own nonprofit to help <br />with prevention and research <br />of the disease. He has since left the organization <br />to focus on his 2020 campaign.