Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former US president, turns 98 on Saturday.

He has since recovered but his health woes forced him to give up his decades-long 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. After his presidency, Carter has leaned further into human rights, and founded The Carter Center along with his wife, Rosalynn, in hopes of advancing world peace and health. [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. In recent years, he has kept a low public profile 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 former Democratic president is widely revered for his championing of human rights. Carter will celebrate quietly at home with his family, according to a spokesperson from The Carter Center.

Former president Jimmy Carter, who has already lived longer than any other U.S. president, is celebrating his 98th birthday on Saturday.

The two are rarely apart, and they were in their living room, together, speaking with family and friends on his birthday. “People look at him as a person of values and principles, and they miss that in politics today.” A graduate of the U.S. [ he taught Sunday school](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/04/jimmy-carter-says-he-is-completely-ease-with-death/?itid=lk_inline_manual_16) in his local church. After leaving Washington, he spent decades promoting human rights and democracy around the world, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. For decades, the Carters worked with Habitat for Humanity, which builds affordable housing and helped rebuild destroyed homes after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

President Carter, who left the White House more than four decades ago, has held the record of oldest living president since Bush Sr.'s death at the age of ...

As President Carter continues feeling blessed for the full life he's had, his hard-to-beat record as the longest-living U.S. Until the onset of the pandemic in 2020, the Carters spent a week each year volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. "As the longest-living president in U.S. The Carter Center, founded by Jimmy and Kennedy](https://people.com/tag/john-f-kennedy/) — who had the shortest life of anyone who worked from the Oval Office, being fatally shot in 1963 at the age of 46. Bush](https://people.com/tag/george-h-w-bush/) — [died at the age of 94](https://people.com/politics/president-george-h-w-bush-dies/).

Former president Jimmy Carter turns 98 today. The 39th president of the United States was born on October 1, 1924 in rural Georgia, and after serving as ...

"We came out of the White House completely satisfied with the way we had acted in the trial that we made to overcome difficulties. And here is a portrait of President Carter with his extended family. In 1984, Jimmy and Rosalynn began working with Habitat for Humanity. The original caption here is worth reading: "the former President thoroughly enjoys the woodworking tools given to him as a going away gift from his Cabinet and staff. "The Georgia governorship is one of the most powerful in the nation. And that was on two battleships, the Wyoming and the Mississippi," he That was one of the most pleasant four years of my life," he would "When I was five years old, if anybody asked me what I wanted to do in the future, I would say I want to go to the Naval Academy and be a naval officer. After his father died, he moved home to Plains, and soon entered politics in Georgia. After graduation, Carter was assigned to the U.S.S. "So between the two, between West Point and Annapolis, which was the only two free universities we knew about in those days, I chose Annapolis. He's been an ex-president longer than anyone else in history; Carter became the oldest living former president in American history on his 95th birthday three years ago, and he makes history every single day.

PLAINS, Ga. - It's a special day for the oldest-living former U.S. president and Georgia native Jimmy Carter. Carter is celebrating yet another milestone ...

Since opening, the center has monitored elections in 113 countries, said CEO Paige Alexander, and Carter has acted individually as a mediator in many countries, as well. Carter Center efforts have nearly eradicated the guinea worm, a parasite spread through unclean drinking water and painful to humans. He returned home to Georgia in 1981 at the age of 56. The stated mission: to advance peace, human rights and public health causes around the world. He traveled internationally into his 80s and 90s, and he did not retire officially from the board until 2020. His surprise performance in the Iowa caucuses established the small, Midwestern state as an epicenter of presidential politics.

Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, will celebrate his 98th birthday Saturday with family and friends in Plains, ...

“His people that he feels sort of the closest connection with now are the folks in Plains, at his church and other places,” Jason Carter said. He has outlived friends and so many of his advisers and the people that he accomplished so much with in the past, but they’ve never been lonely because they’ve always had each other.” Since opening, the center has monitored elections in 113 countries, said CEO Paige Alexander, and Carter has acted individually as a mediator in many countries, as well. But, he added, the former president isn’t expected to appear publicly to endorse any candidates ahead of November. He enjoyed a resurgence in recent election cycles, drawing visits from several 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls and, in 2021, from President Joe Biden, who in 1976 was the first U.S. midterm elections, the center has asked candidates -- regardless of party -- to sign onto a set of fair election principles, including committing to the peaceful transfer of power. Jason Carter said the center's leadership is still exploring ways to combat the climate crisis. “He’s enjoying his retirement,” said Alexander, who assumed her role in 2020, about the time Jason Carter took over for his grandfather. In 2019, Carter used his final annual message at the center to lament that his post-presidency had been largely silent on climate change. He returned home to Georgia in 1981 at the age of 56. His surprise performance in the Iowa caucuses established the small, Midwestern state as an epicenter of presidential politics. But Jason Carter said his grandfather mostly looked forward to a simple day that included watching his favorite Major League Baseball team, the Atlanta Braves, on television.

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, will celebrate his 98th birthday Saturday with family and friends in ...

“His people that he feels sort of the closest connection with now are the folks in Plains, at his church and other places,” Jason Carter said. He has outlived friends and so many of his advisers and the people that he accomplished so much with in the past, but they’ve never been lonely because they’ve always had each other.” But, he added, the former president isn’t expected to appear publicly to endorse any candidates ahead of November. Since opening, the center has monitored elections in 113 countries, said CEO Paige Alexander, and Carter has acted individually as a mediator in many countries, as well. midterm elections, the center has asked candidates — regardless of party — to sign onto a set of fair election principles, including committing to the peaceful transfer of power. He enjoyed a resurgence in recent election cycles, drawing visits from several 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls and, in 2021, from President Joe Biden, who in 1976 was the first U.S. Jason Carter said the center's leadership is still exploring ways to combat the climate crisis. “He’s enjoying his retirement,” said Alexander, who assumed her role in 2020, about the time Jason Carter took over for his grandfather. In 2019, Carter used his final annual message at the center to lament that his post-presidency had been largely silent on climate change. He returned home to Georgia in 1981 at the age of 56. His surprise performance in the Iowa caucuses established the small, Midwestern state as an epicenter of presidential politics. But Jason Carter said his grandfather mostly looked forward to a simple day that included watching his favorite Major League Baseball team, the Atlanta Braves, on television.