Biden video touted his “moonshot” to fight cancer. No one doubts the value of curing cancer or the sincerity of Biden’s desire to cure the disease that killed his son Beau. But prior big, central pushes to cure cancer — such as President Nixon’s “war” on cancer — haven’t panned out, and critics say the approach doesn’t make much sense for something as complex as cancer for which billions of dollars already are being spent on research.
