Former President Jimmy Carter opted for hospice home care and decided to spend remaining time with his family “in lieu of additional medical procedures,” the Carter Center said Saturday.
“He has the full support of his family and medical team,” the Carter Center said. “The Carter family requests privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern of their many admirers.”
The center said Carter made the decision to enter hospice after a series of brief hospitalizations.
Carter, 98, has lived longer than any other US president. In office from 1977 to 1981, he also had the longest tenure after the presidency, a period during which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 “for leading peace negotiations, championing human rights and promoting social welfare. ” He spent his post-presidency years on humanitarian causes and as an observer of international election integrity.
Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, live in their hometown of Plains, GA.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited the Carters at their home in 2021. Biden was an early congressional supporter of Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign when he won the Democratic nomination against a field of much better-known contenders.
Carter’s last visit to Washington, DC was in 2018 when he attended the state funeral of former President George HW Bush. This visit was also a rare gathering of five current and former presidents.
Carter announced in 2015 that he was being treated for cancer. However, after treatment, doctors said the cancer was gone.
Source: Deadline
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