Jimmy Carter marked his 100th birthday on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. President to reach this remarkable milestone.
The former president, a Democrat who held office from 1977 to 1981, has been in hospice care for the past 19 months in his home state of Georgia.
Despite his health challenges, Carter, who began his political career in the 1960s as a state senator and was once a peanut farmer, remains "emotionally engaged, still having experiences, laughing, and loving," according to his grandson, Jason, who shared this update in September.
And the centenarian still has political ambitions: “I’m only trying
to make it to vote for Kamala Harris” in November’s election, the
humanitarian and Nobel Prize recipient said, according to his grandson.
To honour the occasion, volunteers with Habitat for Humanity – the
housing charity Carter has worked with for 40 years – are building 30
homes in Minnesota this week.
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