Former President Jimmy Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 1, becoming the first centenarian American president in a life that saw the rapid rise of a peanut farmer into the world of Georgia state politics, just years before his ascent into the White House.
Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian, has spent the last 19 months in home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, his hometown.
Serving as president for one term between 1977 and 1981, Carter, along with his wife, Rosalynn, co-founded The Carter Center in 1982 to “wage peace, fight disease, and build hope” across decades of global humanitarian work.
“Not everybody gets 100 years on this earth, and when somebody does, and when they use that time to do so much good for so many people, it’s worth celebrating,” said Jason Carter, grandson of the former president and chair of The Carter Center governing board….