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 US deports more than 100 Iranians. Shutdown talks at White House go nowhere. Johnny Carson's stunning former home is for sale. Tossed beers, hostile fans take the spotlight at Ryder Cup. Report an error