Politics | Election 2008 Amid Questions, Biden Releases Medical Records Gaps in VP hopeful's history raise some lingering issues By Marie Morris Posted Oct 20, 2008 2:57 PM CDT Copied In this Oct. 19, 2008 file photo, Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., speaks during a campaign rally in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) As questions about the medical history of all four national candidates continue to circulate, Joe Biden released a cache of records today that indicate the 65-year-old VP hopeful is in good health, the AP reports. Like many men his age, Biden takes a cholesterol-lowering drug and has an enlarged prostate, but his records contain no information about recent brain scans. He underwent emergency surgery on a brain aneurysm in 1988. Read These Next The Air Force has changed its tune on Ashli Babbitt. Open that wallet big time for a trip to Disney, if you can afford it. Minneapolis shooter had a plan—and grievances. A 'tense' clash with RFK Jr. led to CDC chief's trouble. Report an error