The president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, was moved into hospice care on Saturday. Jimmy Carter, the Former U.S. president, enters hospice care. The Jimmy Carter Center said in a statement on Saturday that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter chose hospice care rather than additional medical care after a series of short hospital stays. Jimmy Carter served as president from 1977 to 1981, turning 98 in October. He has suffered from cancer, a broken hip, and hospitalizations for a fractured pelvis and a urinary tract infection in recent years. During the 1976 election, he beat incumbent Gerald Ford after growing up in rural Georgia.
Jimmy Carter has also worked with the nonprofit Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity during the last several decades of his life, despite his poor approval ratings when he left office. In recent years, Jimmy Carter has spoken out occasionally on political matters. When Kemp was running for governor in 2018, he asked Georgia’s now-Governor Brian Kemp to resign from his position as secretary of state. Carter described Donald Trump as an illegitimate president in 2019. In a video he made for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Jimmy Carter also spoke in support of Joe Biden. The Jimmy Carters have also been married for the longest period of time in presidential history. During a rare August appearance in Plains, Ga., the pair appeared together in public. Jimmy Carter, the Former U.S. president, enters hospice care.