WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� will undergo a medical procedure next week to remove a small lesion from above her right eye that was discovered during a routine skin cancer screening, the White House announced Wednesday.
The first lady will have the lesion removed during a 鈥渃ommon outpatient procedure鈥� next Wednesday, Jan. 11, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, said Dr. Kevin O鈥機onnor, physician to President Joe Biden, in a memo released by the White House.
Jill Biden's cancer screening was conducted late last year, said a White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were divulging private medical information.
O'Connor said doctors recommended that the lesion be removed from Jill Biden, 71, and be examined 鈥渋n an abundance of caution.鈥� He said an update will be provided afterward.
The president and first lady returned to the White House on Monday after in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In April 2021, she underwent what the White House said was a The president accompanied his wife to an outpatient center near the campus of George Washington University and the couple returned to the White House after about two hours.
The White House provided no details about that procedure.
Darlene Superville, The Associated Press
