Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, entered hospice care on Saturday.
The Carter Center said on Saturday that after several brief hospital admissions, former US President Jimmy Carter has elected "to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention."
"He has the full support of his family and his medical team," the Carter Center statement reads.
The former president's grandson, Jason Carter, a former Democratic state senator from Georgia, stated of his grandparents on Friday that "they are at peace, and as always - their home is full of love," CNN reported.
On October 2, Carter turned 98 years old. He served as president from 1977 to 1981.
An Outstanding Government Leader and Champion of Peace
The Camp David Accords, by which Egypt legally recognized the establishment of Israel, were signed in 1978, marking the Carter administration's pinnacle. He also ratified a treaty that gave Panama ownership of the Panama Canal, according to BBC.
When he ran for reelection, Republican Ronald Reagan defeated him. Reagan went on to serve two full terms as president. Jimmy Carter's loss was caused by a temporary economic slowdown and the Iranian hostage-taking of US diplomatic staffers, per an HNGN story.
Carter was born in Georgia in 1924, and after being elected as a state senator in the 1960s, he went on to become the governor of Georgia in 1971.
While the one-term Democrat president departed the White House with low popularity ratings, he has spent the subsequent three decades of his life serving others via organizations like the Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity.
In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to promote world peace.
In recent years, Carter has sometimes spoken on political matters. In 2018, while Brian Kemp was campaigning for governor of Georgia, he urged Kemp to quit his job as secretary of state, as per NPR.
Former President Carter said in 2019 that he believed Trump to be an unlawful chief executive. And during the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Carter endorsed Joseph Biden through a video message.
Deteriorating Health
The longest-living former US president has recently dealt with several health issues, including cancer, a broken hip. He recently underwent hospitalizations for a fractured pelvis and a urinary tract infection.
Although Carter overcame brain cancer in 2015, he did have a series of health concerns in 2019 that necessitated brain surgery. Due to health problems, he had to stop teaching Sunday school at the Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he had done so for decades.
Incumbent US President and fellow Democrat Joe Biden knows about Jimmy Carter's poor health and decision to go into hospice care. President Biden maintains regular communication with former President Jimmy Carter, as well as members of his family and inner circle.
According to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Archive, Joe Biden was one of the first US senators to support Carter during his 1976 presidential campaign.
The Carter Center announcement concluded: "The Carter family asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers."
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