Jimmy Carter’s Children: Meet the former president’s 4 children

• Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981
• The Nobel Peace Prize winner has been married to his wife Rosalyn since 1946 and they have 4 children and 8 grandchildren.
• In February 2023, it was announced that Carter was in hospice care at his home.

former president Jimmy Carterthe longest-serving U.S. president at 98, entered hospice care on Feb. 18, 2023. The 39th Commander-in-Chief “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention” after a series of brief hospitalizations, according to a statement from the career center.

The sad news comes after the Georgia state senator had an incredible career as a humanitarian after his four years in the White House from 1977 to 1981. He became synonymous with Habitat for Humanity and worked tirelessly as an ambassador to poor countries, winning the Nobel. Peace Prize. Award in 2002.

“When I was president of the most powerful and influential nation in the world, I had a more general influence on peace and progress and stuff like that,” Jimmy said in a 2017 interview with Oprah Winfrey. “But the last 35 years since I left the White House have been the most challenging, interesting, adventurous, unpredictable and rewarding times of my life. …And the things I have tried and failed due to changing circumstances, etc. But I did my best. As my vice president put it: “We told the truth, we kept the law, and we kept the peace.”

Along with her incredible career, Carter has had a very successful personal life. He married his childhood sweetheart, Rosalind Smith, on July 7, 1946 and welcomed four wonderful children. In a 2015 interview with Cnn, the former politician said that his wife and children are “the foundation of all the pleasure in life.” And he added: “We now have a large family, we have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, 38 in total. So let’s keep our family together and enjoy family life.”

Learn more about the Carter children below.

jack carter

Carter’s eldest son, son jack carterwas born July 3, 1947 in Portsmouth, Virginia during his father’s naval service, 2nd The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. After attending Georgia Tech, Emory University and Georgia Southwestern, Jack joined the Navy. He returned to Georgia in 1971, where he got married judy langfordand had two children: jason james born on August 7, 1975 and Sarah Romero born December 19, 1978.

Jack later earned degrees in nuclear physics from Georgia Tech and law degrees from the University of Georgia. However, he entered the political arena in 2006 when he ran as the Democratic candidate for US Senate in Nevada before losing to the incumbent Republican.

Jack remarried in 1992 to his second wife, Elizabeth BrasfieldHe had two children from a previous relationship: John Chuldenko AND sara reynoldsOf countryside life.

James “Chip” Carter

Born April 12, 1950 in Honolulu, James “Chip” Carter He is the second child of Jimmy and Roselyn. He is an attorney and was a Georgia state senator from 1995 to 1999.

On June 23, 1973 Chip got married caron griffonwhom he met while working on his father’s campaign for governor of Georgia, per People. They welcomed a son named James Earl Carter IV on February 25, 1977. After Chip and Caron separated in 1979, Chip married Ginger Hodges and had a daughter named Margaret Alice Carter with her on September 23, 1987. However, that marriage ended in divorce in 2001 and Chip would marry his third wife, Becky Payne.

Donnel “Jeff” Carter

Donnel “Jeff” Carter was born on August 18, 1952 in New London, Connecticut. He graduated from George Washington University in 1978 with a degree in geography and a major in “computer mapping,” for Time. Jeff and his former professor founded Computer Mapping Consultants the same year he graduated.

He and his wife, Annette Jen Daviswelcomed three children together: Joshua, Jeremiah, AND James. Sadly, Jeremy passed away at the age of 28 in 2015. He was found unconscious after taking a nap at his house and later died in hospital, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Annette died on September 19, 2021, at the age of 68.

Amy Lynn Carter

Youngest child and only child of Jimmy and Rosalynn, Amy Carter, arrived on October 19, 1967. He was only 10 when his family moved into the White House. She became famous for her political activism when she was 20 years old. Amy then graduated from Memphis College of Art in 1991. Four years later, she Amy illustrated her father’s children’s book, Little Snoogle Fleejer.

She then earned her master’s degree in art history from Tulane University in 1996. That same year, Amy married a computer consultant. James Gozel and the couple welcomed their son Hugh in July 1999.

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