JIMMY Carter is the oldest living president, having served the USA as the 39th President from 1977 to 1981.
Here’s more about him and his remarkable life.
Who is Jimmy Carter and how old is he?
James Earl Carter Jr – known affectionately as Jimmy – was the 39th President of the United States, serving the country from 1977 to 1981.
Born in Plains, Georgia in 1924, he is the oldest living former president, and is 94-years-old.
He is a democrat and previously served as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.
Jimmy Carter has remained active in public life during his post-presidency, and in 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in co-founding the Carter Center.
He was raised in a wealthy family of peanut farmers in the southern town of Plains, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree.
He went on to join the US Navy where he served on the submarines.
Following his father’s death, he returned home to take over the family peanut business.
As he went on to expand the business, Carter was motivated to oppose the political climate of racial segregation and support the growing civil rights movement.
In the early 1960s, he became an activist within the Democratic Party and made his first foray into the world of politics.
Carter was sworn in as the 76th Governor of Georgia on January 12, 1971.
He declared in his inaugural speech that “the time of racial discrimination is over. … No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity for an education, a job or simple justice.”
How is his health today?
President Carter lives a relatively modest life today in his old two bedroom house in his Georgia hometown.
He has shunned wealth and lives a comfortable life with his wife with income from his 33 books and the $210,700 annual pension all former presidents receive.
In recent years, he has been treated for metastatic melanoma that had spread from his liver to his brain.
After undergoing four months of immunotherapy in 2015 at the age of 91, he revealed a brain scan no longer showed signs of cancer.
Who is his wife Rosalynn?
Jimmy’s wife Eleanor Rosalynn Carter was born on August 18, 1927 and served as the First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
Rosalynn has been a leading advocate for numerous causes throughout her lifetime.
She was politically active during her White House years, sitting in on Cabinet and policy meetings as well as serving as her husband’s closest adviser.
She also served as an envoy abroad, particularly in Latin America.
She and Jimmy first dated in 1945 while he was attending the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
It is said that Rosalynn had a crush on him after seeing him in his Annapolis uniform.
Rosalynn agreed to marry Jimmy in February 1946 when she went to Annapolis with his parents.
The two scheduled their marriage to take place on July 7, 1946 in Plains and kept the arrangement secret.
The couple had four children: John William “Jack” (b. 1947), James Earl “Chip” III (b. 1950), Donnel Jeffrey “Jeff” (b. 1952), and Amy Lynn (b. 1967).
Due to Jimmy’s military duties, the first three were born in different parts of the country and away from Georgia.
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They returned to Georgia when Jimmy’s father was dying.
After purchasing their first television set, the couple became fans of the New York Yankees.
They said they never went to bed arguing with each other.
Following their time in the White House, the couple established the Carter Center, a non-profit organisation in Atlanta.
Rosalynn is a member of the Center’s Board of Trustees and participates in many of the Center’s programs, but gives special attention to the Mental Health Program.
Upon the death of Barbara Bush on April 17, 2018, 91-year-old Carter became the oldest living former First Lady.
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