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☆ American Battleground: Cat people are still haunting Trump’s campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Tom Foreman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

“Kamalaaaaaaaa!”Oprah Winfrey is belting it out in her sweet home of Chicago, welcoming the joyous, raucous, unmerciful dismantling of former President Donald Trump that is defining this Democratic National Convention. A second, very different presidential debateIn Philadelphia, a birthplace of American democracy, Harris is charging Trump before the first question. Trump’s debate prep team predicted and feared this strategy so much they brought in Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz to play tormentor in practice rounds with their candidate. “I’m actually going to do something very unusual,” she says, “and I’m going to invite you to attend one of Donald Trump’s rallies, because it’s really interesting to watch. CNN’s Phil Mattingly, who covered Harris in the Senate, spoke with a senior Trump campaign adviser just ahead of the debate.

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Jimmy Carter has accomplished something no other former U.S. president has — he notched a 100th birthday. Carter, who served one term in the White House, hit the milestone Tuesday at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he has been receiving hospice care for the last 19 months. “I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Carter said, his grandson, Jason Carter, told The Atlanta Constitution. A former peanut farmer and Navy veteran, Carter has lived nearly six years longer than another age-defying former president, George H.W. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, dance at the annual Congressional Christmas Ball at the White House in 1978.

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☆ Biden celebrates Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday: ‘I admire you so darn much’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Carter, who has been in hospice care since February 2023, is the oldest president in American history. Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter, said at tge Democratic National Convention in August that his PawPaw was “holding on” for the November election. Biden was one of the first senators to endorse Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign. Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden traveled to Plains, Georgia, to visit the Carters on the 100th day of Biden’s presidency in 2021. “We sat and talked about the old days,” Biden told reporters after the visit, calling the Carters “old friends.”

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☆ Jimmy Carter is setting a new record for American presidents. It’s important for everyone
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +25 min

Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images Carter works at a construction site sponsored by the Jimmy Carter Work Project in Asan, South Korea, in 2001. Alex Wong/Getty Images Carter meets with Obama and other former presidents at the White House in January 2009. Richard Lewis/The Elders/Getty Images Carter was interviewed for "The Presidents' Gatekeepers" project at the Carter Center in Atlanta in September 2011. Chris McKay/Getty Images Carter talks about his cancer diagnosis during a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta in August 2015. The 1983 tweaks to Social Security included, for instance, the counting of some Social Security benefits as taxable income and a gradual increase of the retirement age from 65 to 67.

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Several prominent Democratic figures are set to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this month, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News. President Joe Biden, former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been confirmed as speakers at the convention. The Harris campaign last week announced Minnesota Gov. Harris, who is the first Black woman and first Indian American in U.S. history to secure a major party’s presidential nomination, will formally accept the Democratic Party’s nomination at the convention. The Harris campaign raised a historic $310 million last month, and $36 million in the 24 hours after she announced Walz as her running mate.

Persons: Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Jimmy Carter’s, Jason Carter, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Biden, Harris, Tim Walz, Walz Organizations: Democratic, Democratic National Convention, NBC News, Biden, Minnesota Gov, United Center Locations: Chicago, Covid

☆ Jimmy Carter says he hopes to vote for Kamala Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Joe Sutton | Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Former President Jimmy Carter, the oldest living president, is hoping to vote for Kamala Harris during the November elections, his grandson said. “I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” the 99-year-old former president said, according to his grandson, Jason Carter, who relayed a conversation Carter had with his son Chip earlier this week to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. CNN has reached out to the Carter Center for a statement. Jason Carter said in May the 39th president is “coming to an end” when providing an update on his health. By the former president’s side was his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, who passed away in November, just days after entering hospice care.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Kamala Harris, “ I’m, Jason Carter, Carter, Chip, Rosalynn Carter, CNN’s Michelle Shen Organizations: CNN, Atlanta Journal, Carter, Accords Locations: Egypt, Israel, Georgia

☆ Jimmy Carter, nearing his 100th birthday, has recently become 'more alert' and is eager to vote for Kamala Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Jimmy Carter will turn 100 on October 1. Grandson Jason Carter told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Jimmy Carter has been "more alert." Jason Carter, an ex-lawmaker, also said his grandfather wants to vote for Kamala Harris. AdvertisementFormer President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday is on October 1, and the ex-commander-in-chief is excited to reach the huge milestone. The 39th president is also eager about potentially reaching his birthday because it would likely mean a chance to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Grandson Jason Carter, Jason Carter, Kamala Harris, —, Jimmy Carter's Organizations: Atlanta, Service, The Atlanta, Business

☆ Jimmy Carter: Grandson says former president is ‘coming to the end’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Michelle Shen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Jimmy Carter’s grandson said Tuesday that the former president is “coming to the end” in a brief update about the 39th president’s health. “(My grandfather) is doing OK,” Jason Carter said at a mental health forum named in honor of his grandmother, the late former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at the Carter Center. “My grandmother’s passing was a difficult moment for all of us, including my grandfather,” Jason Carter said Tuesday. In 1977, Carter made it her signature cause, notably through the creation of the President’s Commission on Mental Health. Her efforts resulted in increased research funding, broader treatment access and innovative approaches to mental health care.

Persons: Jimmy Carter’s, Jason Carter, Rosalynn Carter, I’ve, there’s, Jimmy Carter, George H.W, Bush, “, ” Jason Carter, ” Rosalynn Carter, America’s, Carter, Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin Organizations: CNN, Carter, Mental Health, Atlanta Braves, CBS, Accords, Israeli, Democrat Locations: Georgia, Pa, United States

☆ Jimmy Carter’s spirit ‘as strong as ever’ after year in hospice, grandson says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Aileen Graef | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —As former President Jimmy Carter marked one year in hospice care on Sunday, his family celebrated his resolve and expressed gratitude for the support they’ve received. He entered hospice care in February 2023 after a series of hospital stays. There is no time limit on how long a person can receive hospice care. “One year after entering hospice care, President Carter continues to be at home with his family. The Carter Family is grateful for the many expressions of love they have received and the continued respect for their privacy during this time,” the Carter family said in a statement Sunday.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, they’ve, ” Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter’s, Carter, “, ”, Rosalynn Carter, Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, CNN’s Carma Hassan, Erica Henry, Michelle Shen, Keith Allen, Julia Manchester Organizations: CNN, CBS, Accords, Israeli, Democrat, Carter Locations: Georgia, United States, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea, Guinea

But the initial count matches the confirmed number of human cases in 2022, after 15 were recorded in 2021. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesNine of the 13 provisional human cases in 2023 occurred in Chad, two in South Sudan and one each in Cameroon and Mali. The provisional count includes no Guinea worm cases in Ethiopia, down from one case in 2022. Humans typically contract Guinea worm disease through contaminated water sources that contain organisms that eat Guinea worm larvae. Donald Hopkins, the Carter Center's senior advisor for Guinea worm eradication and architect of the eradication campaign, credited residents in the affected areas.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, House Carter, ”, Jason Carter, Carter, Rosalynn Carter, uptick, Donald Hopkins, Carter Center's, ” Hopkins Organizations: ATLANTA, The Carter, House, Carter Center Locations: Guinea, Africa, Asia, Plains , Georgia, Angola, Cameroon, Chad, South Sudan, Mali, Ethiopia

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter will receive her final farewells Wednesday in the same tiny town where she was born and that served as a home base as she and her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, climbed to the White House and spent four decades thereafter as global humanitarians. Coming from that town of about 600 — then and now — Rosalynn Carter became a global figure whose “effort changed lives,” her grandson said. But there is a wooden cross that Jimmy Carter fashioned in his woodshop and offering plates that he turned on his lathe. Church members, who are included in the invitation-only congregation, rarely talk of ”President Carter” or “Mrs. Her hearse will pass Plains Methodist Church where she married young Navy Lt. Jimmy Carter in 1946.

Persons: — Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, ”, Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter's, Rosalynn, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Carter ”, Mrs, Carter, Mr, Jimmy ” Organizations: White, Maranatha Baptist Church, The Carter Center, Glenn Memorial Church, Maranatha, Methodist, Secret Service Locations: Ga, Plains, Americus, Atlanta, America, U.S, Methodist Church, American

ATLANTA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Jimmy Carter, the 99-year-old former U.S. president who entered hospice care in February, made a rare public appearance on Tuesday, looking frail as he attended a memorial service in Atlanta for his wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19. Jimmy Carter did not address mourners during the service. His son James Earl "Chip" Carter III kissed him on the forehead after delivering a tribute to Rosalynn Carter, calling her "the glue" that held the family together. [1/5]Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter attends a tribute service for his wife former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 28, 2023. During the memorial, their daughter, Amy Carter, read from a letter Jimmy Carter sent to Rosalynn while he was serving in the Navy.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, James Earl, Chip, Carter, Evelyn Hockstein, Amy Carter, Rosalynn, Jason Carter, Jeff Mason, Rich McKay, Jonathan Allen, Will Dunham Organizations: ATLANTA, Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, White, U.S, Glenn Memorial Church, REUTERS, Navy, Humanity, Habitat, New York Times, Thomson Locations: Atlanta, Plains , Georgia, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, New York

☆ Jimmy Carter Makes Rare Public Appearance at His Wife's Memorial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Jeff Mason and Rich McKayATLANTA (Reuters) - Jimmy Carter, the 99-year-old former U.S. president who entered hospice care in February, made a rare public appearance on Tuesday, looking frail as he attended a memorial service in Atlanta for his wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19. As first lady, Rosalynn Carter played a prominent role in his presidency from 1977 to 1981, and in his humanitarian work after the couple left the White House. His son James Earl "Chip" Carter III kissed him on the forehead after delivering a tribute to Rosalynn Carter, calling her "the glue" that held the family together. His wife, who had been diagnosed with dementia, joined him in hospice care only a few days before her death. During the memorial, their daughter, Amy Carter, read from a letter Jimmy Carter sent to Rosalynn while he was serving in the Navy.

Persons: Jeff Mason, Rich McKay, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, James Earl, Chip, Carter, Amy Carter, Rosalynn, Jason Carter, Jonathan Allen, Will Dunham Organizations: Rich McKay ATLANTA, Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, White, Navy, Humanity, Habitat, New York Times Locations: Atlanta, Plains , Georgia, New York

Jimmy Carter’s participation in the events has been a day-by-day question; he is 10 months into home hospice care. Rosalynn Carter has been praised for a half-century of advocacy for better mental health care in America and reducing stigma attached to mental illness. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter confirmed they voted in the 2016 Georgia Democratic presidential primary for Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. Jimmy Carter also rankled some of his successors with criticism of their foreign and military policy, especially George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq. Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived president; Rosalynn Carter was the second-longest lived first lady, trailing only Bess Truman, who died at 97.

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CNN —Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to attend the memorial service for his late wife, Rosalynn Carter, on Tuesday, his grandson told CNN. A tribute service for Rosalynn Carter is scheduled to take place Tuesday at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at the Emory University campus. President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff are expected to attend. Jimmy Carter, who is 99, began receiving home hospice care in February, after a series of hospital stays. In May, the Carter Center said Rosalynn Carter had dementia.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Carter’s, Jason Carter, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, Melania Trump, Melania, Donald Trump, Rosalynn Carter’s, CNN’s Christina Maxouris, Kristen Holmes Organizations: CNN, Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Emory University, House, Carter Center, Jimmy Carter Presidential, Carter, Maranatha Baptist Church Locations: Atlanta, Washington, Plains , Georgia, Plains

☆ After a lifetime together, surviving spouses like Jimmy Carter can be vulnerable in grief
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —At age 99, former President Jimmy Carter has been many things: humanitarian, Sunday school teacher, woodworker, naval lieutenant, father, husband. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” Carter said in a statement released by the Carter Center on November 19. The Carter Center and members of the Carter family declined to give any further updates on his condition. However, grief can be extraordinarily stressful physically and emotionally for the surviving spouse, although it’s always a highly personal experience. Dawn Carr, a gerontologist who studies grief in older age at Florida State University.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Carter’s, Rosalynn, Jason, Rosalynn Carter, “ Rosalynn, ” Carter, “, ” Rosalynn Carter, Carter, He’s, it’s, ” Jason Carter, CNN’s Jake Tapper, – it’s, ”, Deborah Carr, Dawn Carr, Carr, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Boston University’s Carr, that’s, ” Carr Organizations: CNN, Emory University, Carter Center, Boston University, Florida State University, Sunday School, Maranatha Baptist Church, Boston, “, CNN Health Locations: Atlanta, Plains , Georgia

Then Jimmy Carter called for help from his family’s peanut farming warehouse. “I can use my time better than that.”As president, Jimmy Carter sent her abroad as an official diplomat. Lillian Carter, a nurse, delivered Eleanor Rosalynn Smith and a few days later brought young Jimmy Carter back to the Smith home to meet the baby. Jimmy Carter was a smitten newlywed, writing in poetry that his wife's beauty struck songbirds into silence. First, Jimmy Carter sat at her bedside in his wheelchair.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, couldn’t, “, ” Rosalynn Carter, Rosalynn, ”, Jill Stuckey, Rosalynn Carter's, Jimmy I, Jimmy, Carter, Lillian Carter, Eleanor Rosalynn Smith, Smith, Ruth Carter, Jimmy's, Ruth, Rosalynn Smith, ” Rosalynn, ’ Rosalynn Carter, James Earl Carter Sr, “ Jimmy, don’t, Stuart Eizenstat, Jason Carter, ’ ” Stuckey, “ I’d, What'd, ” Stuckey, Chip Carter, ” Jason Carter Organizations: Associated Press, Georgia, House, Carter, Washington, White, Carter Center, U.S . Naval Academy, Navy, Washington Post Locations: Ga, Plains, Rosalynn, Annapolis, Georgia, Atlanta, America, U.S

☆ Rosalynn Carter, former first lady of the United States, dead at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rosalynn Carter has died at 96, the Carter Center reported. Rosalynn Carter had a decadeslong romance with her husband, Jimmy CarterJimmy and Rosalynn Carter with their grandchildren. "The best thing I ever did was marrying Rosalynn," Jimmy Carter said in a 2015 interview with The Carter Center. After leaving the White House, she continued her philanthropic work with her husbandRosalynn Carter and Jimmy Carter. Douglas Elbinger/Getty ImagesAfter Jimmy Carter lost his reelection bid, he and Rosalynn returned to Georgia and founded The Carter Center in Atlanta in 1982.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, —, Carter, Jimmy Carter Jimmy, Diana Walker, Rosalynn, Douglas Elbinger, He's, Jason Carter Organizations: Carter, Service, Carter Center, The Carter, Services, White, Mental Health, Habitat, Humanity, Associated Press Locations: United States, Plains , Georgia, Georgia, Atlanta, Guinea

“I was in all the states,” Rosalynn Carter told the AP. At The Carter Center, she launched a fellowship for journalists to pursue better coverage of mental health issues. Years later, Rosalynn and Jimmy would quietly support integration — and call for it more vocally at Plains Baptist Church. Ruth Carter later engineered a date between her brother and Rosalynn during one of his trips home from the U.S. But the void would not begin to close until the former president conceived The Carter Center.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter’s, ”, Kathy Cade, “, Cade, ” Jimmy Carter, Jonathan Alter, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton, Rosalynn, ” Cade, Ronald Reagan, ” Rosalynn Carter, Reagan, ” Grandson Jason Carter, She “, Jason Carter, Carter, Eleanor Rosalynn Smith, Lillian Carter, “ Miss Lillian ”, Jimmy, Smith, James Earl Carter Sr, Jim Crow, Rosalynn’s, Alter, Ruth Carter, Earl Carter, ” Alter, Stu Eizenstat, Anwar Sadat, Israel’s Menachem Begin, ” Miss Lillian, Pat Caddell, They’ve, ” Jason Carter, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Mrs, Paige Alexander Organizations: Washington, Georgia Democrat, The Carter, Carter Center, Associated Press, White, AP, East Wing, Mental Health Systems, Kennedy Center, Plains Baptist, Smiths, U.S . Naval Academy, Navy, Plains Methodist Church, Georgia Southwestern College, Naval, “, Brigade, Democratic, Wing, White House, Camp David, Carter, ” Carter Locations: Ga, Georgia, Iran, Plains, Plains Baptist Church, Washington, Iowa, Spanish, America, Cambodian, U.S, COVID, Panama, Atlanta, Guinea

☆ Former first lady Rosalynn Carter enters hospice care at home, family says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Antonio Planas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 06: Former President Jimmy Carter (L) and wife Rosalynn Carter arrive at the 2015 MusiCares Person of The Year honoring Bob Dylan at Los Angeles Convention Center on February 6, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, 96, has entered hospice care at home, her family said Friday. Former President Jimmy Carter, 99, is also receiving hospice care at their home in Plains, Georgia. "She and President Carter are spending time with each other and their family," according to a statement from grandson Jason Carter, "the Carter family continues to ask for privacy and remains grateful for the outpouring of love and support." Carter served only one term, after losing to Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Bob Dylan, Bauer, Griffin, Carter, Jason Carter, she'd, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan Organizations: Los Angeles Convention Center, Axelle, Democrat Locations: ANGELES , CA, Los Angeles , California, Plains , Georgia

☆ Former first lady Rosalynn Carter enters hospice care
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center announced Friday. The Carter family continues to ask for privacy and remains grateful for the outpouring of love and support,” Jason Carter, the Carters’ grandson, said in the statement released by the Center. Former President Jimmy Carter, 99, began home hospice care in February after a series of short hospital stays. A humanitarian and mental health advocate, Rosalynn Carter founded the Carter Center with her husband in his post-presidency in hopes of advancing world peace and health. And I don’t know if President Carter would have been president without Rosalynn,” Stuckey said.

Persons: CNN — , Rosalynn Carter, Carter, ” Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter, ”, Jill Biden, Jill Stuckey, “, “ Rosalynn, ” Stuckey, ” Jimmy Carter, Josh Carter, ” Rosalynn Carter, Shania Shelton, Paul LeBlanc, Stephen Collinson Organizations: CNN, Carter, Center Locations: Plains , Georgia, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea, Guinea

☆ Rosalynn Carter, 96, Enters Hospice Care at Home in Georgia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady, has entered hospice care at her home in Georgia alongside her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice since February, the family announced on Friday. Mrs. Carter, 96, revealed in May that she has dementia, but Friday’s statement offered no further details about her condition or any other ailments she might be suffering. “She and President Carter are spending time with each other and their family,” the Carter Center said in a statement on behalf of Jason Carter, the center’s chairman and a grandson of the former first couple. It is meant for patients not expected to live more than six months, although Mr. Carter’s experience defying that timetable has demonstrated that the duration of hospice care can vary. Mr. Carter turned 99 last month and is the longest-living president in American history.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Carter, Jason Carter, Carter’s Organizations: Carter Locations: Georgia, ”

☆ Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter enters hospice care at home
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is seen outside her home after U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with former President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Carter in Plains, Georgia, U.S., April 29, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter, has entered hospice care at home, Carter Center said in a statement on Friday. "She and President Carter are spending time with each other and their family. The Carter family continues to ask for privacy and remains grateful for the outpouring of love and support," the statement issued on behalf of their grandson, Jason Carter, said. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are the longest-married presidential couple, having wed in 1946 when he was 21 and she was 18.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Jimmy Carter, Evelyn Hockstein, Carter, Jason Carter, Ismail Shakil, Eric Beech, Tim Ahmann Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, Rights, Former U.S, Carter Center, Humanity, Thomson Locations: Carter, Plains , Georgia, U.S, Former

☆ Jimmy Carter is 99 years old. Carter's grandson says exercise is the key to the former president's longevity.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Presidential grandson Jason Carter credits exercise to former President Jimmy Carter's longevity. Jason Carter told Time that his grandfather would likely attribute his longevity to his marriage. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President Jimmy Carter turned 99 years old on Sunday and remains the longest living commander-in-chief in US history. And as Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter celebrate the momentous occasion this weekend with family and friends, the former president's grandson, Jason Carter, pointed to exercise as the reason for the ex-president's longevity. In a photograph from September 1966, then Georgia State Sen. Jimmy Carter hugs his wife, Rosalynn, at his Atlanta campaign headquarters.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. The latest round includes a flood of messages from world leaders and pop culture figures donning “Jimmy Carter 99” hats, with many of them focusing on Carter’s four decades of global humanitarian work after leaving the Oval Office. The year Carter was born, Congress passed sweeping immigration restrictions, sharply curtailing Ellis Island as a portal to the nation. As governor and president, Carter set new marks for appointing Black Americans to top government posts. At 99, Carter’s Sunday online church circuit includes watching Georgia’s first Black U.S. senator, the Rev.

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