PLAINS, Georgia — Longtime friends and family of Jimmy Carter milled around his hometown of Plains to celebrate his 100th birthday on Tuesday, the first time a United States president has lived a full century.
The milestone is the latest in a life that took the Depression-era farmer's son to the White House and across the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and advocate for democracy.Living the last 19 months in home hospice care, the 39th president keeps defying expectations, just as he did through a remarkable rise from his family peanut farming and warehouse business to the world stage.
Former United States president Jimmy Carter greets attendees as he departs the funeral service for his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, on Nov. 29, 2023. AP FILE PHOTOThe Democrat served one term from 1977 to 1981, and then for four decades led The Carter Center, which he and his wife Rosalynn co-founded in 1982 to 'wage peace, fight disease and build hope.
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