My guess has always been that Tom is one of the Maiar that decided to stay in Middle-earth. That would explain him being older than elves and that the Ring has no mastery over him.
In the movie, after the crebain show up, Gandalf says that Saruman is watching the Gap of Rohan, and that's why they take the path across Caradhras. When Boromir says let's go to the Gap, and Aragorn says no, because they know that Saruman is expecting them.
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