The 88-year-old pope, who wielded power from his hospital suite, is representative of "a dramatic shift in the number of people making it to extreme old age, and a lot of people can continue to function at an extremely high level,'' Olshansky said, citing ‘’crystalized intelligence,'' the accumulation of knowledge and experience that allows better decision-making.
Francis' willingness to show his frailty provides an example to young and old alike in aging world
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Without further information, simple life expectancy of the average American man shows Trump has about a 79% change of surviving a four-year term, said aging researcher S. Jay Olshansky of the University of Illinois at Chicago, who studies presidential health and echoes the call for candidate medical records.
Donald Trump would be the oldest person to become president. He's not sharing health details
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