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 Rare cancer claims a former Super Bowl champ. A "horrific" incident killed 3 deputies in East Los Angeles. This is why you don't wear metal in MRI rooms. You're well-known, out with your mistress, and busted on Kiss Cam. Report an error