Image Credit: Getty Images Donald Trump became one of the internet's highest searches in America on August 30, 2025, after baseless death rumors circulated online. Social media users assumed that the Republican president, 79, had died. Now that multiple outlets have reported that he was in Virginia on his way to a golf course, the public is wondering how the death hoax started in the first place. Perhaps adding fuel to the fire was Vice President JD Vance, who spoke with USA Today in an interview published August 30 about the president's health.