At 110, Vincent Dransfield is still living alone and driving his car everyday. The former New Jersey volunteer fire chief resides by himself in a small house in Little Falls, New Jersey, where he has lived since 1945. Dransfield requires no help in his daily life, so his grandchildren take turns visiting him once a week to bring him groceries and call every other day to check in on him, otherwise he is completely self-sufficient. The 110-year-old says that he doesn't have any major health issues other than achy knees. He navigates between his main floor and his bedroom upstairs, even doing his laundry without a problem. In an interview with Today, Dransfield jokingly said he is ready to put on boxing glove and get boxing. “I manage to do everything,” he said. “I drive pretty good.” According to his granddaughter Erica Lista, “He drives completely fine — better than some other people I see.” Lista admitted that she and her brother periodically check in on their grandfather's driving to make sure that he's doing OK.

Dransfield is in the small percentage of men that live to be as old as him. According to the New England Centenarian Study, only 15 percent of centenarians are male. It is even more rare for men to be supercentenarians - 110 and older - with men only making up 10 percent of the group. Dransfield is the 8th oldest man in the world. The oldest man being 111 living in England.

“I’ve been very, very, very lucky in my lifetime," Dransfield told Today in 2023. When asked what has brought him happiness and kept him going in life, Dransfield said, “The fire department. … I met so many friends.” His granddaughter spoke about his time spent at the fire department saying, “After my grandmother passed away, that’s really what kept him going. Every day, he would go to the fire house from 3 to 5, and all the old guys would sit there and hang out. That was like his family.”

Dransfield worked on a dairy farm in his early days, drinking as much milk as he wanted. He credits the milk for giving him strong bones at such a young age. “I was drinking milk and eating well because I worked on a farm. And I often go back and think they gave me a good start in life and for my bones in my body,” Dransfield says. He is still an advocate for milk as he has grown older. The supercentenarian drinks Ovaltine, a milk flavoring and nutrition supplement, every day after breakfast.

The supercentenarian considers himself an optimist, and tries to remain positive in all aspects of life. "Knowing people and loving people makes me live longer," Dransfield said. “I keep positive. I never think any other way when something’s wrong."  Dransfield concluded by saying, “I’m doing fine and I hope the good Lord keeps me that way.”