Former President Jimmy Carter speaks to the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday School in his hometown of Plains, Georgia on April 28, 2019.
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The Carter Center said Saturday that former President Jimmy Carter was receiving hospice care.
The charity founded by the 98-year-old former president said on Twitter that after a short series of hospitalizations, Carter “decided to spend the rest of his time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of hospice care.” additional medical interventions.”
It says he has the full support of his medical team and family, which “request privacy at this time and are grateful for the concern of his many fans. “
Carter, a Democrat, became the 39th president of the United States by defeating former President Gerald R. Ford in 1976. He served only one term and was defeated by Ronald Reagan of the Republican Party. in 1980.
In August 2015, Carter removed a small cancerous mass from his liver. The following year, Carter announced that he did not need further treatment, as an experimental drug eliminated all signs of cancer.
Carter celebrated his most recent birthday in October with family and friends in Plains, the small Georgia town where he and his wife, Rosalynn, were born in the years between World War I and the Great Depression.
The Carter Center, established by the 39th president and former first lady after one term in the White House, last year marked 40 years of promoting democracy and resolving conflict, overseeing elections and raising the bar. public health in developing countries.
James Earl Carter Jr. won the 1976 presidential election after starting his campaign as a little-known one-term governor of Georgia. His unexpected record in the Iowa caucuses has made the small Midwestern state the center of presidential politics. Carter went on to defeat Ford in the general election, largely thanks to the power that swept the South before his home region turned to the Republican Party.
