[HIGHLIGHTS] A woman becomes the oldest person in the US and gives clues to the 'secret' of a healthy life

A woman becomes the oldest person in the US and gives clues to the'secret' of a healthy life. Texas-based Elizabeth Francis became the oldest living American after Edie Ceccarelli died at age 116 on Feb.

22 in California. Francis was born on July 25, 1909, a few months after William Taft was inaugurated president and 11 years before women gained the right to vote in the United States. She has lived through two world wars, the Spanish flu and the COVID-19 pandemic.