Trump far from first US president to fall seriously ill

Washington, Oct 5 (AFP/APP):Donald Trump’s shock announcement that he has coronavirus and his subsequent hospitalization has sent the US reeling. However, the 45th president is hardly the first to suffer from a major illness or even a global pandemic while in office. From George Washington to George W. Bush, here’s a roundup of the US presidency’s more memorable brushes with disease and death. Invoking the 25th The US Constitution’s 25th Amendment allows presidents to temporarily hand power to the vice president while incapacitated, a process in which one organ — the colon — has played a starring role. Former president … Continue reading Trump far from first US president to fall seriously ill