Jimmy Carter

Former president plans 'to spend his remaining time at home with his family' and has their support, statement says.

In 1953, he left the service and returned home to Georgia to run his family’s peanut farm. In foreign affairs, through the Camp David agreement of 1978, he helped bring accord between Egypt and Israel; established full diplomatic relations with China; and completed negotiation of a nuclear limitation treaty with the Soviet Union. In domestic affairs, he dealt with the energy shortage by establishing a national energy policy. He is known for a devotion to the Baptist faith. He served as the 39th president from 1977 to 1981. It also said the family “asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his admirers”.

The 39th president, who turned 98 in October, survived a cancer diagnosis in 2015 and a serious fall at home in 2019.

His diplomatic work there garnered a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He went on to defeat President Gerald Ford in the general election. The Carter family asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers.” But Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention,” the statement reads. “They are at peace and—as always—their home is full of love.

The charity created by the 98-year-old former president said on Twitter that after a series of short hospital stays, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time ...

Carter went on to defeat Ford in the general election, largely on the strength of sweeping the South before his native region shifted heavily to Republicans. He served a single term and was defeated by Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980. In August 2015, Carter had a small cancerous mass removed from his liver.

The charity created by the 98-year-old said on Twitter that after a series of short hospital stays, Carter has "decided to spend his remaining time at home ...

Carter lived longer than his successor, Reagan, who died in 2004 aged 93, and Reagan's successor George H. Bush, who died in 2018 aged 94. The charity created by the 98-year-old said on Twitter that after a series of short hospital stays, Carter has "decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention."

“After a series of short hospital stays, former US President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice ...

He also wrote Trump a letter on US-China trade relations and [spoke with him by phone](https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/politics/jimmy-carter-trump-china/index.html) in April 2019. [turned 98](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/01/politics/president-jimmy-carter-98th-birthday/index.html) last year, became the [oldest living US president in history](https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/us/jimmy-carter-oldest-living-former-president-trnd/index.html) after the passing of George H.W. His health woes forced him to give up his decadeslong tradition of [teaching Sunday school](https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/08/23/jimmy-carter-sunday-school.cnn) at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Biden is staying in close contact with the Carter family and the former president’s close circle of advisers. The nation’s 39th president has kept a low public profile in recent years due to the coronavirus pandemic but has continued to speak out about [risks to democracy around the world](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/politics/jimmy-carter-democracy-jan-6-oped/index.html), a longtime cause of his. The center has worked to advance democracy by monitoring foreign elections and reducing diseases in developing countries over the years. The former president is widely revered for his championing of human rights. “After a series of short hospital stays, former US President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. [called for a full investigation](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/jimmy-carter-trump-russia-interference/index.html) into Russian interference in the 2016 election and suggested it “would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016.” Carter later [issued warnings](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/15/politics/carter-world-health-organization-funding/index.html) about Trump’s decision to [halt funding to the World Health Organization](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/politics/donald-trump-world-health-organization-funding-coronavirus/index.html) amid the Covid-19 pandemic. [received a briefing](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/23/politics/jimmy-carter-north-korea/index.html) on North Korea and said he’d be willing to travel to the country on the Trump administration’s behalf. [one of the first US senators](https://www.facebook.com/CarterPresidentialLibrary/photos/a.418722925403/10157756864715404/) to endorse Carter in his 1976 presidential bid, according to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. [beat brain cancer ](https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/06/politics/jimmy-carter-cancer-free/index.html)in 2015 but faced a series of health scares in 2019, and consequentially [underwent surgery](https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/politics/jimmy-carter-returns-church-after-brain-surgery-hospital-stays) to remove pressure on his brain.

Jimmy Carter, America's longest living former president, has decided to forego medical treatment and enter hospice treatment at home, the Carter Center said ...

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North Texas Habitat for Humanity volunteers reflect on the contributions made by former President Jimmy Carter.

“He shows up to the devotion at 89 years old, no notes. Through his work with the organization that began shortly after he left the oval office, Yeager said the former president helped propel Habitat for Humanity to where it is today. I was just thinking how electric the atmosphere was in that room when he showed up to do that,” said Yeager.

Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, ...

Carter said after leaving office that he had underestimated the importance of dealing with Washington power brokers, including the media and lobbying forces anchored in the nation’s capital. In reality, Carter governed more as a technocrat, more progressive on race and gender equality than he had campaigned but a budget hawk who often angered more liberal Democrats, including Ted Kennedy, the Massachusetts senator who waged a damaging primary battle against the sitting president in 1980. He connected with many Americans because of his promise not to deceive the American people after Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. He never had a Supreme Court nomination, but he elevated civil rights attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the nation’s second highest court, positioning her for a promotion in 1993. Naval Academy during World War II and pursued a career as a Cold War Naval officer before returning to Plains, Georgia, with Rosalynn and their young family to take over the family peanut business after Earl Carter’s death in the 1950s. He began his White House bid as an underdog with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and policy plans reflecting his education as an engineer. A moderate Democrat, the younger Carter rapidly climbed from the local school board to the state Senate and then the Georgia governor’s office. Jason Carter, the couple’s grandson who now chairs The Carter Center governing board, said Saturday in a tweet that he “saw both of my grandparents yesterday. The Center has been a pioneer of election observation, monitoring at least 113 elections in Africa, Latin America, and Asia since 1989. Ford, capitalizing as a Washington outsider in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that drove Richard Nixon from office in 1974. Carter once said he hoped to live longer than the last Guinea worm parasite. But the former president’s health has declined over his 10th decade of life, especially as the coronavirus pandemic limited his public appearances, including at his beloved Maranatha Baptist Church where he taught Sunday School lessons for decades before standing-room-only crowds of visitors.

The former president made the decision after a series of short hospital stays, the Carter Center said in a statement.

Carter went on to defeat Ford in the general election, largely on the strength of sweeping the South before his native region shifted heavily to Republicans. Former President Jimmy Carter is receiving hospice care at his home, the Carter Center announced Saturday. They are at peace and—as always—their home is full of love." president when he defeated President Gerald R. His surprise performance in the Iowa caucuses established the small, Midwestern state as an epicenter of presidential politics. [said on Twitter](https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1627144297505034241) Saturday evening that he was "praying for President Carter and his family."

The 39th president won't seek further medical interventions after series of hospital stays.

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Oldest living US president opted to spend his 'remaining time' at home, statement by the Carter Center says.

If he lied, he said, he “would not deserve to be your president”. Jason Carter cited Rosalynn Carter as a source of strength. it just never had been my ambition to be rich,” he said. She referenced this quote from Carter: “I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. He did not attend Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021, but four months later Biden visited him at home in Georgia. They are at peace and – as always – their home is full of love.” The Carter Center did not provide details of recent hospitalisations. “I didn’t ask God to let me live, but I just asked God to give me a proper attitude toward death. Carter In this tender time of transitioning, God is surely walking with him.” Who picks it up, I have no clue. It didn’t really matter to me whether I died or lived.”

He was swept from office in an electoral landslide in 1980 as voters embraced Republican challenger Ronald Reagan, the former actor and California governor.

"He has the full support of his family and his medical team. Carter and his wife Rosalynn, whom he married in 1946, have four children. However, Carter rehabilitated his legacy as he worked energetically for decades on humanitarian causes.

The 39th U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family,” the Carter Center announced on ...

[backing](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/politics/jimmy-carter/index.html) of then-Senator Joe Biden—and won, and was the last Democratic presidential nominee to [have swept the Deep South](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/former-president-jimmy-carter-98-begins-hospice-care-at-home). On top of this, he worked with Nelson Mandela’s organization, [The Elders](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64691009), a group of global leaders dedicated to work on peace, sustainability, and human rights. He also [brokered a peace deal](https://www.history.com/news/jimmy-carter-camp-david-accords-egypt-israel) between Egypt and Israel, expanded the [national park system](https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-carter/), created the Department of Education, and appointed a record number of women and people of color to government positions. [metastatic melanoma](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/21/health/new-methods-for-cancer-may-benefit-jimmy-carters-fight.html), which spread to his liver and brain; he defeated cancer a few months later. He also [volunteered for Habitat for Humanity](https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/12/politics/jimmy-carter-habitat-for-humanity-nashville), even into his 90s, building houses around the world. [Cate Blanchett’s](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/02/cate-blanchett-tar-awards-insider?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-020723)Maestro Moment Post-presidency, Carter delved into humanitarian work. They are at peace and—as always—their home is full of love. Bush, as well as his vice president, [spend his remaining time](https://twitter.com/cartercenter/status/1627039245025280003) at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention,” the Carter Center announced on Saturday. Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson and a former Georgia state senator, tweeted on Saturday: “I saw both of my grandparents yesterday. The Carter family asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers.”

Carter was a little-known Georgia governor when he began his bid for the presidency around 1976.

Carter said after leaving office that he had underestimated the importance of dealing with Washington power brokers, including the media and lobbying forces anchored in the nation’s capital. In reality, Carter governed more as a technocrat, more progressive on race and gender equality than he had campaigned but a budget hawk who often angered more liberal Democrats, including Ted Kennedy, the Massachusetts senator who waged a damaging primary battle against the sitting president in 1980. He connected with many Americans because of his promise not to deceive the American people after Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. At home, Carter partially deregulated the airline, railroad and trucking industries and established the departments of Education and Energy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Naval Academy during World War II and pursued a career as a Cold War Naval officer before returning to Plains, Georgia, with Rosalynn and their young family to take over the family peanut business after Earl Carter’s death in the 1950s. He began his White House bid as an underdog with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and policy plans reflecting his education as an engineer. A moderate Democrat, the younger Carter rapidly climbed from the local school board to the state Senate and then the Georgia governor’s office. Jason Carter, the couple’s grandson who now chairs The Carter Center governing board, said Saturday in a tweet that he “saw both of my grandparents yesterday. Ford, capitalizing as a Washington outsider in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that drove Richard Nixon from office in 1974. The Center has been a pioneer of election observation, monitoring at least 113 elections in Africa, Latin America, and Asia since 1989. Carter once said he hoped to live longer than the last Guinea worm parasite. But the former president’s health has declined over his 10th decade of life, especially as the coronavirus pandemic limited his public appearances, including at his beloved Maranatha Baptist Church where he taught Sunday School lessons for decades before standing-room-only crowds of visitors.

Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in 2014. Chris McKay/Getty Images. CNN —.

Not even a cancer diagnosis stopped him from [teaching Bible class in 2015](https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/08/23/jimmy-carter-sunday-school.cnn). The center has worked to advance democracy by monitoring foreign elections and reducing diseases in developing countries over the years. Carter was a peanut farmer and US Navy lieutenant before going into politics. “Lord, we pray that you be with his family (and) those around him. Bush, who died in late 2018 at age 94. [since the 1980s](https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/21/us/jimmy-carter-sunday-school-brain-cancer/index.html).

President Carter visited Massachusetts at least three times during his one term as commander-in-chief.

Dozens of well-wishers made the pilgrimage Sunday to The Carter Center in Atlanta, as prayers and memories of former President Jimmy Carter's legacy were ...

Carter was a little-known Georgia governor when he began his bid for the presidency ahead of the 1976 election. His work there garnered a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. “All of us at Habitat for Humanity are lifting up President and Mrs. A great, great, great man.” In this tender time of transitioning, God is surely walking with him,” U.S. Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times columnist, tweeted: “Prize winners and truly impressive people. Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, said in a tweet. “Across life’s seasons, President Jimmy Carter, a man of great faith, has walked with God. Carter, at age 98 the longest-lived American president, had a recent series of short hospital stays. “Great man, great president, probably under-appreciated by those who didn’t know much about him,” Brummett said. “Who picks it up, I have no clue. I’m free to choose that something.