White House promises details as Donald Trump, oldest president in US history, has medical check-up

Press secretary pledges to release update from physician as soon as we possibly can' about leader who has routinely kept health status secret

Donald Trump had his annual medical examination on Friday, a check-up that may give the public its first details in years about the health of a man who, in January, became the oldest in US history to be sworn in as president.

I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be done!" the 78-year-old posted on his social media site ahead of the examination, which was conducted at Walter Reed national military medical center in Bethesda, Maryland.