If he wins next month's election, Donald Trump would be the oldest person in U.S. history to be elected president. Yet the 78-year-old Republican nominee refuses to disclose new details about his physical or mental well-being, breaking decades of precedent.
There have been limited snapshots of Trump's health over the last year. After he survived an attempted assassination in July, Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson , a staunch supporter who served as his White House physician, wrote a memo describing a gunshot wound to Trump's right ear. And last November, Trump's personal physician, Dr. Bruce Aronwald, wrote a letter describing him as being in "excellent" health with "exceptional" cognitive exams. He noted that "cardiovascular studies are all normal and cancer screening tests" were negative. Trump had also "reduced his weight."
But those communications didn't address more fundamental questions about Trump's health, including his blood pressure, exact weight or whether he has continued using previously prescribed medication for high cholesterol - or even what testing he underwent. His campaign has also not disclosed whether Trump has been diagnosed with any diseases or received any mental health care after the assassination attempt.
That's giving his political adversaries, including Democratic rival Kamala Harris , an opportunity to raise questions about his age and ability to execute the duties of the presidency into his 80s.
"It makes you wonder Why does his staff want him to hide away?" Harris asked recently as she needled Trump for withholding medical records, opting against another debate and skipping an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes." "One must question Are they afraid that people will see that he is too weak and unstable to lead America? Is that what's going on?"
