It’s not yet clear what details from the visit will be shared with the American people.
Earlier this month, the White House said that Trump would soon have an annual preventive medical and dental check-up. Tuesday’s visit marked Trump’s fourth known medical exam during his second term.
In the face of such questions, it has been up to Trump, Biden, and other Presidents who came before them to decide how much, or how little, about their health to make public. And Trump will again be the one to determine what to share about his latest medical visit.
There is no constitutional or legal requirement for American Presidents to publicly share their medical records. And Presidents, like other Americans, are covered by medical privacy protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
“At this point in time, what the law requires is for a President’s physician to respect a President’s confidentiality, and the President gets to choose what is disclosed,” says M. Sara Rosenthal, a professor of bioethics at the University of Kentucky.
“I think the public feels that they have a right to know the health of their sitting President,” Rosenthal says.
Rosenthal says that concerns regarding Presidents’ health have grown in recent years.
The state of Biden’s health during his presidency and ill-fated reelection bid, and questions about how much he and his team may have been hiding about his ability to serve a potential second term, have remained a subject of fierce scrutiny long after the end of his time in the White House.
Trump, for his part, rejected widespread calls to release his medical records on the campaign trail as questions were raised about his physical and mental fitness to serve at his age, and has remained tight-lipped about details pertaining to his health.
Recent polling shows public concern about Trump’s health
Trump and the White House have said that he is in excellent health. Before Tuesday’s visit, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told The Associated Press that Trump “is the sharpest and most accessible President in American history,” adding that “he remains in excellent health.”
An Economist/YouGov poll released last month found that about 48% of U.S. adults believe that Trump is too old to be in the White House, in comparison to 40% who say he isn’t too old for the job. According to the same poll, more Americans think that Trump is experiencing some kind of cognitive or physical decline than those who don’t believe that. And a Reuters/Ipsos poll released in February found that 61% of participants said they believe that the President “has become erratic with age.”
Last summer, the White House said that Trump had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, after he noticed swelling in his legs. The condition, which is non-life-threatening, occurs when veins in the legs struggle to allow the flow of blood to the heart. Experts told TIME that the condition is common and not dangerous. The condition can lead to complications if left untreated, but Trump’s physician said last year that the President didn’t show signs of any issues.
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