Former US President Jimmy Carter to receive hospice care

Former US President Jimmy Carter will receive hospice care and "spend his remaining time at home with his family" instead of additional medical intervention, the Carter Center said.

Mr Carter, 98, is the country's oldest living former leader.

The Democrat served one term from 1977 to 1981. He was defeated in his re-election bid by Ronald Reagan.

He has suffered from recent health issues including a melanoma that spread to his liver and brain.

"He has the full support of his family and his medical team. The Carter family asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers," the Carter Center said in a statement.

Mr Carter has the distinction of being a former US president longer than anyone else.

Since leaving the White House, Mr Carter has remained active, carrying out humanitarian work with his Carter Center.

He went on to gain an international reputation for his work in promoting human rights, winning a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

Born in Georgia in 1924, Mr Carter entered politics in the 1960s when he was elected as state senator, before becoming the state's governor in 1971.

Five years later he defeated the sitting Republican President Gerald Ford to become the 39th president.

In August 2015, Mr Carter had a small cancerous mass removed from his liver. The following year, he announced that he needed no further treatment, as an experimental drug had eliminated any sign of cancer.

In 2021 he celebrated his 75th wedding anniversary with his wife Rosalynn.

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[Blobby's Murder Knife]

I'll be honest, I thought he died a long time ago.

It is always weird to see things like this or obits and think "Damn, I thought they died 15 years ago.". I did this for Queen Elizabeth II a few times.

 

[JULAY]

Jimmy Carter might not have been the best President, but he has acquitted himself well since leaving office. His work with eliminating guinea worm has made the world an immeasurably better place. For those who weren't aware, guinea worm is an incredibly painful parasite, and cases in the 1980s when the Carter Center started its eradication program, cases used to number in the millions. Last year there were thirteen.

Plus there have been a ton of great Simpsons jokes about Jimmy, back when the show was still funny. Here's one for reference:

 

[X Prime]

Jimmy Carter might not have been the best President, but he has acquitted himself well since leaving office. His work with eliminating guinea worm has made the world an immeasurably better place. For those who weren't aware, guinea worm is an incredibly painful parasite, and cases in the 1980s when the Carter Center started its eradication program used to number in the millions. Last year there were thirteen.

That sounds good, but I'm gonna need to know where the locality of most of those cases were before I make a judgment on whether its eradication makes the world a better place.

If the answer is "it increased the number of Africans who live to breeding age," I would revise to a negative assessment of the eradication's utility.

 

[Muu]

Biden must be middle aged or in his 30's in this photo who's going first Joe or Bill

 

[Coptakhenaten]

TFW the best one of the better Democratic presidents of the 20th century was only because he was too feckless, weak willed, and useless to actually do anything actively malevolent

 

[X Prime]

TFW the best one of the better Democratic presidents of the 20th century was only because he was too feckless, weak willed, and useless to actually do anything actively malevolent

I read an article somewhere claiming Carter was actually a shrewd political operator for awhile, but circumstances made him ineffectual.

 

[Mysterious Girlfriend X]

Jimmy Carter was an embarrassing footnote and the embodiment of the liberal failure of the 1970s. None of his charity work amounted to anything because it was only done to make him look good and pass money around.

 

[Mrs Paul]

*raises a Billy Beer to Jimmy*

 

[Bungus Scrungus]

Didn't Jimmy basically say to Gen X "Yeah sorry you're all fucked?" because of how the economy was going? Other than that, I don't know anything about him aside from him just...existing. Which is sadly some of the highest praise a President in the modern age can get.

 

[JosephStalin]

Carter is a nice man, but was for a very long time the worst President ever. This is from personal experience. Was very happy and grateful when President Reagan came into office. Now, of course, we have Obama and now Biden as the worst Presidents ever.

 

[Womble of Wimbledon]

How sad. His whole life ahead of him

 

[Troonos]

Weird how this once-reviled president just doesn't look so bad anymore compared to the last few of his party's occupiers of the White House.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Carter is a nice man, but was for a very long time the worst President ever. This is from personal experience. Was very happy and grateful when President Reagan came into office. Now, of course, we have Obama and now Biden as the worst Presidents ever.

What about Bush Jr?

 

[Coptakhenaten]

Weird how this once-reviled president just doesn't look so bad anymore compared to the last few of his party's occupiers of the White House.

The passivity and weakness of Alexander Severus felt nostalgic compared to the uncertainty and brutality of Maximinus Thrax

 

[Daniel Wallace]

Weird how this once-reviled president just doesn't look so bad anymore compared to the last few of his party's occupiers of the White House.

The dude is 98 years old, and exited office before many Kiwis were alive I'd reckon. What much is there to say at this point that hasn't already been said and isn't just hearsay from older generations that actually lived through him?

Anyways, while his passing won't really affect me personally in any way whatsoever, I do look forward to seeing who he'll cast his vote for in next years presidential election.

 

[tehpope]

Anyways, might as well start the deathwatch for Carter. I guess it'll be fun to see how Biden embarrasses himself there.

He'll either do a video memorial or send Jill to the funeral.

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

TFW the best one of the better Democratic presidents of the 20th century was only because he was too feckless, weak willed, and useless to actually do anything actively malevolent

He probably had no choice due to the complications of the 70s and 80s. If not him someone else gets blamed for these

 

[AgendaPoster]

Hope he goes away painlessly. Pump the dude full of morphine so he enjoys himself on his last race.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

It's probably for the best. Him and Roslyn are shrinking down to peanut size.

 

[TowinKarz]

Carter is a nice man, but was for a very long time the worst President ever. This is from personal experience. Was very happy and grateful when President Reagan came into office. Now, of course, we have Obama and now Biden as the worst Presidents ever.

It was a noble experiment to see if a Nice Guy (tm) can be President.

The answer was "No, no he can't, he'll be kicked around by everyone and at most will write you a strongly worded rebuke in the paper....."

Nice guy.... saintly at times, even.

But HORRIBLE President.