In a press conference on Tuesday where he delivered remarks on “expanding access to mental health care,” President Joe Biden bragged that his administration had “ended cancer as we know it.”

“One of the things I’m always asked is: You know, why — why Americans have sort of lost faith for a while on being — being able to do big things,” Biden began.

“If you could do anything at all, Joe, what would you do?”  he continued. “I said, ‘I’d cure cancer.’ And they looked at me like, ‘Why cancer?’ Because no one thinks we can. That’s why. And we can. We’ve ended cancer as we know it.”

Biden: "I said I'd cure cancer they looked at me like, why cancer? Because we can. We ended cancer as we know it." pic.twitter.com/RI5JqxyG3A

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 25, 2023

The White House transcript amended Biden’s remarks, saying he said, “We can end cancer as we know it.”

Social media had a field day mocking Biden’s claim:

Joe Biden: I said I'd cure cancer they looked at me like, why cancer? Because we can. We ended cancer as we know it.

Fact-Check: Joe Biden has not cured cancer pic.twitter.com/SpUFWT5PJ3

— Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 25, 2023

It's a sign of how bitter and polarized our politics are that there's so little gratitude toward Biden for having cured cancer or at least ended cancer as we know it.

Some things should transcend partisanship, and a President having cured cancer should be one of them. https://t.co/R0yHsIGIZB

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 25, 2023

JUST IN: President Joe Biden has officially cured cancer according to President Joe Biden.

What an amazing day for people all around the world 🎉

"I said I'd cure cancer they looked at me like, why cancer? Because we can!”

“We ended cancer as we know it.”

Biden will now be… pic.twitter.com/AmNxjcQx6Z

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 25, 2023

Biden also declared on Tuesday, “I don’t know what the difference between breaking your arm and having a mental breakdown is. It’s health. There is no distinction.”

In June 2019, Tuesday, speaking in Ottumwa, Iowa, Biden decided to endorse hyperbole in theatrical fashion, promising his audience that as president he would do something no human had ever done before: cure cancer.

“I’ve worked so hard in my career that I promise you, if I’m elected president you’re gonna see (the) single most important thing that changes America, we’re gonna cure cancer,” he said.

As vice president, Biden supervised the “Cancer Moonshot” initiative and after leaving office, he oversaw the Biden Cancer Initiative.

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As Medical News Today explained in 2018, there are numerous methods that are being tried to combat cancer: chemotherapy; radiotherapy; tumor surgery and hormonal therapy. Newer techniques include immunotherapy (but the difficulty lies in cancer cells fooling the immune system into “ignoring them”); therapeutic viruses (but they are difficult to control); using nanoparticles to target cancer cells, and starving cancer cells of nutrients.

According to the National Cancer Institute, there are over one hundred kinds of cancer: “There are more than 100 types of cancer. Types of cancer are usually named for the organs or tissues where the cancers form. For example, lung cancer starts in cells of the lung, and brain cancer starts in cells of the brain. Cancers also may be described by the type of cell that formed them, such as an epithelial cell or a squamous cell.”

The plethora of cancers imply that dealing with them all likely defies the capacity of a “silver bullet” that can wipe them all out. As Live Science noted, “There are many different causes, ranging from radiation to chemicals to viruses; an individual has varying degrees of control over exposure to cancer-causing agents. Cancer cells, and how they grow, remain unpredictable and in some cases mysterious. Even after seemingly effective treatments, crafty cancer cells are able to hide out in some patients and resurface.”

A judge told lawyers for Hunter Biden they could face sanctions over the allegation that one member from their law firm lied to the court clerk over the phone to get records pulled from the docket.

The threat from Delaware U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika came the night before a scheduled hearing to consider a plea deal for tax and gun violations that could keep the first son out of prison.

“It appears that the caller misrepresented her identity and who she worked for in an attempt to improperly convince the clerk’s office to remove the amicus materials from the docket,” Noreika said in an order on Tuesday, according to the Daily Mail.

“Therefore, it is hereby ordered that, on or before 9pm today on July 25, 2023, counsel for defendant shall show cause as to why sanctions should not be considered for misrepresentations to the court,” the judge added.

The controversy stems from an amicus brief filed by a law firm representing House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO), who encouraged the court to “consider” whistleblower testimony from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents claiming the criminal case led by Delaware’s U.S. Attorney David Weiss has been slow-walked in a way that precluded more serious charges against Biden.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has pushed back on claims of politicization. Weiss, who has insisted he had “full authority” to bring charges, was given approval by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to testify to Congress.

Biden’s lawyers claimed in court filings that the clerk pulled the document from Smith’s legal team “on their own accord.” Biden’s lawyers also indicated that they were concerned about “personal tax information” being visible and a call was made to inquire about them being placed under seal.

Smith’s attorney, Theodore Kittila, said his team “promptly contacted the clerk’s office, and we were advised that someone contacted the court representing that they worked with my office and that they were asking the court to remove” their filing from the docket.

“We immediately advised that this was inaccurate. The Clerk’s Office responded that we would need to re-file. We have done so now,” Kittila added.

In the judge’s order, Noreika ruled that the filing be kept under seal until at least the close of business on Wednesday, although the whistleblower testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee is already available for the public to view with light redactions.

New York Post columnist Miranda Devine posted screenshots of various emails between the camps, including one missive that was sent to Smith’s legal team from court official Sam Grimes apologizing for the “confusion” that ensued after a person named “Jessica Bengels” called and said “she worked with Theodore Kittila and it was important the document was removed immediately or they would could file a motion to seal.”

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Biden’s lawyers, with Latham & Watkins LLP, responded to the judge’s order claiming they had “no idea how the misunderstanding occurred, but our understanding is there was no misrepresentation.” They attached an affidavit from Jessica Bengels, the staff member who spoke with the clerk earlier in the day, in which she denied misrepresenting her firm affiliation.

At the hearing, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the judge can determine whether to allow or reject the plea deal struck between Biden’s lawyers and the DOJ.