Harris puts pressure on Trump over medical records
Medical records were released for Kamala Harris, which concluded that she was in "excellent health" and fit for the presidency.
Then, after the release, the Democratic Party's nominee to be the next US president accused Donald Trump of a lack of transparency over not releasing his own health records.
He doesn't want the American people to see whether or not he's fit to become president," she said of her Republican rival, the vice-president. The team of the former president, without releasing Trump's medical records, responded by quoting his doctor saying he was in "perfect and excellent health."
Trump's campaign lashed out at Harris, suggesting the Republican nominee has an "extremely busy and active campaign schedule" and insinuated Harris "does not have the stamina of President Trump.".
The barb trading came after the White House released a medical report that said Vice-President Harris "possesses the physical and mental resiliency" to serve as president.
US Army Colonel Dr Joshua Simmons, who has been her physician for more than three years, wrote in a letter that her most recent physical in April was "unremarkable" - adding she maintains a healthy and active lifestyle.
He further noted that she has a family history of colon cancer and is allergic, saying that she does recommend preventative care, including colonoscopy and annual mammograms.
After the release of medical records by Harris, a campaign spokesman used social media to say: "your turn, Donald Trump". Ahead of a campaign event in North Carolina, Harris also tried to raise questions about her rival's mental acuity and how he "goes off on tangents."
Democrats have been on the attack about the 78-year-old Trump's age and mental fitness, after months of Republicans directing similar criticisms at President Joe Biden before he exited the race.
At 82, Trump-if re-elected this coming November-would complete his second term as the oldest-serving president in U.S. history, albeit a record he'd share with Biden, who will also be of that same age when he leaves the presidency come this January.
Pressed by the Harris camp to be more transparent about his health, Trump's campaign communications director Steven Cheung said he had "voluntarily released" updates from his personal physician and the doctor who treated him after the assassination attempt against him this summer in Butler, Pennsylvania.