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== Health == [[File:JimmyCarteronBicycle.jpg|thumb|alt=Carter riding a bicycle|Carter in Plains, Georgia, 2008]] On August 3, 2015, Carter underwent [[elective surgery]] to remove a small mass on his liver, and his prognosis for a full recovery was initially said to be excellent. On August 12, he announced he had been diagnosed with cancer that had [[metastasized]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Pramuk |first=Jacob |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/12/former-president-jimmy-carter-reveals-he-has-cancer.html |title=Former President Jimmy Carter reveals he has cancer |publisher=CNBC |date=August 12, 2015 |location=New York City |access-date=August 12, 2015 |archive-date=August 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812221113/https://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/12/former-president-jimmy-carter-reveals-he-has-cancer.html |url-status=live}}</ref> On August 20, Carter said that [[melanoma]] had been found in his brain and liver and that he had begun treatment.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-20/jimmy-carter-says-he-will-undergo-treatment-for-cancer-in-brain |title=Jimmy Carter Says He's Being Treated for Cancer in Brain |first=Toluse |last=Olorunnipa |publisher=Bloomberg News |date=August 20, 2015 |access-date=August 20, 2015 |archive-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821073525/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-20/jimmy-carter-says-he-will-undergo-treatment-for-cancer-in-brain |url-status=live}}</ref> On December 5, he announced that his medical scans [[Remission (medicine)|no longer showed any cancer]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/carter-center-statement-120615.html |title=Statement from Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter |date=December 5, 2015 |publisher=The Carter Center |access-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140501/https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/carter-center-statement-120615.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Carter broke his hip in a fall at his Plains home on May 13, 2019, and underwent surgery the same day at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/president-jimmy-carter-undergoes-surgery-breaking-hip/story?id=63012990 |title=Former President Jimmy Carter undergoes surgery after breaking hip |first=Julia |last=Jacobo |work=ABC News |date=May 13, 2019 |access-date=October 22, 2019 |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007151021/https://abcnews.go.com/US/president-jimmy-carter-undergoes-surgery-breaking-hip/story?id=63012990 |url-status=live}}</ref> On October 6, an injury above his left eyebrow sustained in another fall at home required 14 stitches<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-jimmy-carter-requires-stitches-fall-home-feels/story?id=66100086 |title=Former President Jimmy Carter requires 14 stitches after fall at home, 'feels fine' |first=Mark |last=Osborne |work=ABC News |date=October 6, 2019 |access-date=October 22, 2019 |archive-date=October 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022184927/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-jimmy-carter-requires-stitches-fall-home-feels/story?id=66100086 |url-status=live}}</ref> and resulted in a [[black eye]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-carter-black-eye-stitches-after-fall-2019-10 |title=Jimmy Carter was left with a black eye and needed 14 stitches after falling at his Georgia home |last=Hall |first=Kristin M. |website=Business Insider |access-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-date=January 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104213134/https://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-carter-black-eye-stitches-after-fall-2019-10 |url-status=live}}</ref> On October 21, Carter was admitted to the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center after sustaining a minor pelvic fracture from falling at home for the third time in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/22/politics/jimmy-carter-hospital-fall-home/index.html |title=Jimmy Carter hospitalized after fall at Georgia home |first1=Veronica |last1=Stracqualursi |first2=Devon M. |last2=Sayers |first3=Betsy |last3=Klein |publisher=CNN|date=October 22, 2019 |access-date=October 22, 2019 |archive-date=October 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022125848/https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/22/politics/jimmy-carter-hospital-fall-home/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> On November 11, 2019, Carter was hospitalized at the [[Emory University Hospital]] in Atlanta for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding connected with his falls.<ref name="Emory Hos" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/usa_pastor-jimmy-carter-and-walking-post-brain-surgery/6179409.html |title=Pastor: Jimmy Carter 'Up and Walking' Post Brain Surgery |publisher=Voice of America |date=November 14, 2019 |access-date=November 14, 2019 |archive-date=March 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322191758/https://www.voanews.com/a/usa_pastor-jimmy-carter-and-walking-post-brain-surgery/6179409.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He was released from the hospital on November 27.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former President Jimmy Carter admitted to hospital for brain surgery |last=Allen |first=Karma |work=ABC News |date=November 11, 2019 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-jimmy-carter-admitted-hospital-brain-surgery/story?id=66926890 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112032603/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-jimmy-carter-admitted-hospital-brain-surgery/story?id=66926890 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Emory Hos">{{cite news |last=Duster |first=Chandelis |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/27/politics/jimmy-carter-released-from-hospital/index.html |title=Jimmy Carter released from hospital after two week stay |publisher=CNN|date=November 27, 2019 |access-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129004504/https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/27/politics/jimmy-carter-released-from-hospital/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> On December 2, 2019, Carter was readmitted to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. He was released on December 4.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/12/03/784376075/jimmy-carter-hospitalized-for-urinary-tract-infection|title=Jimmy Carter Hospitalized for Urinary Tract Infection|date=December 3, 2019|access-date=September 7, 2021 |first1=Brakkton|last1=Booker|publisher=NPR|archive-date=October 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011214301/https://www.npr.org/2019/12/03/784376075/jimmy-carter-hospitalized-for-urinary-tract-infection|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jimmy-carter-discharged-georgia-hospital-urinary-tract-infection-n1095951|title=Jimmy Carter discharged from Georgia hospital after urinary tract infection|date=December 4, 2019|access-date=September 7, 2021|publisher=NPR|archive-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628005459/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jimmy-carter-discharged-georgia-hospital-urinary-tract-infection-n1095951|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 18, 2023, the Carter Center announced that following a "series of short hospital stays", Carter decided to "spend his remaining time at home with his family" in Plains to "receive [[Hospice care in the United States|hospice care]]"<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2023 |title=Statement on President Carter's Health |url=https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2023/statement-on-president-carters-health.html |access-date=February 22, 2023 |publisher=Carter Center |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313045849/https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2023/statement-on-president-carters-health.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-gerald-ford-ronald-reagan-hospice-care-f4e26c10a7b366f14e62f690da403b0a |title=Carter Center: Former President Jimmy Carter in hospice care |last=Barrow |first=Bill |date=February 18, 2023 |work=[[Associated Press News]] |access-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218204155/https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-gerald-ford-ronald-reagan-hospice-care-f4e26c10a7b366f14e62f690da403b0a |url-status=live}}</ref> for an unspecified illness.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 21, 2023 |title=Jimmy Carter enters hospice care. What is it? |url=https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-hospice-care-86b6d73e53eec03ab3cb9980c71bbb32 |access-date=February 18, 2024 |work=Associated Press News |quote=Hospice care{{spaces}}... is reserved for those declared by two physicians to be terminally ill, with six months or less to live.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stableford |first=Dylan |date=November 28, 2023 |title=Rosalynn Carter funeral: Jimmy Carter and all 5 living first ladies attend service |url=https://news.yahoo.com/watch-live-rosalynn-carter-funeral-jimmy-carter-all-5-living-first-ladies-melania-trump-hillary-clinton-michelle-obama-162011346.html |access-date=February 18, 2024 |publisher=Yahoo! News |quote=In February, he decided to forgo further medical treatment for an undisclosed illness and entered hospice care at his home. |archive-date=November 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128184156/https://news.yahoo.com/watch-live-rosalynn-carter-funeral-jimmy-carter-all-5-living-first-ladies-melania-trump-hillary-clinton-michelle-obama-162011346.html |url-status=live}}</ref> === Longevity === [[File:President Biden - Happy 100th Birthday, President Carter.webm|thumbtime=0:01|thumb|A video published by [[Joe Biden]] wishing Carter a happy 100th birthday in 2024]] At 100 years old, Carter was the longest-lived former U.S. president.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyldnlrnxdo |title=Jimmy Carter, former US president, turns 100 |first=Ana |last=Faguy |date=October 1, 2024 |publisher=BBC |access-date=October 1, 2024}}</ref> He was the earliest-serving living former president since [[Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford|Gerald Ford's death]] in 2006. In 2012, he surpassed [[Herbert Hoover]] as the longest-retired president. In 2017 and 2021, he became the first president to live to the 40th anniversary of his inauguration and post-presidency, respectively. In 2017, Carter, then 92, became the oldest former president ever to attend an [[First inauguration of Donald Trump|American presidential inauguration]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/4639799/jimmy-carter-beat-cancer-donald-trump-inauguration/ |title=How Jimmy Carter Beat Cancer and Became the Oldest President to Attend an Inauguration |first=Katie |last=Reilly |date=January 20, 2017 |magazine=Time |access-date=January 20, 2017 |archive-date=January 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120162759/https://time.com/4639799/jimmy-carter-beat-cancer-donald-trump-inauguration/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jimmy Carter is poised to be the president who has lived the longest in US history |last=Jacobo |first=Julia |date=March 21, 2019 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jimmy-carter-now-oldest-living-president-us-history/story?id=61835536 |work=ABC News |access-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-date=August 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824213745/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jimmy-carter-now-oldest-living-president-us-history/story?id=61835536 |url-status=live}}</ref> On March 22, 2019, he became the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|longest-lived U.S. president]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Barrow |first=Bill |title=Jimmy Carter's new milestone: Longest-lived U.S. president |newspaper=The Detroit News |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/22/carter-president-longest-lived/39240613/ |date=March 22, 2019 |access-date=March 22, 2019 |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322193330/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/22/carter-president-longest-lived/39240613/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He said in a 2019 interview with ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' that he never expected to live as long as he had and that the best explanation for longevity was a good marriage.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Carlson |first=Adam |date=October 15, 2019 |title=Jimmy Carter: Why I Chose Habitat and How I Keep Going |url=https://people.com/politics/jimmy-carter-living-to-95-habitat-humanity-build-rosalynn-marriage/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305211103/https://people.com/politics/jimmy-carter-living-to-95-habitat-humanity-build-rosalynn-marriage/ |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |access-date=March 8, 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> The Carter Center announced ''Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song'', an event concert to celebrate Carter's 100th birthday that featured appearances by musicians and celebrities. The event took place on September 17, 2024, at the [[Fox Theatre (Atlanta)|Fox Theatre]] in Atlanta.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Matthew W. |date=September 18, 2024 |title='Jimmy Carter 100' event turns Fox Theatre into a 'Love Shack' |url=https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/jimmy-carter-100-event-turns-fox-theatre-into-a-love-shack-review/DKDYTOWPTZDVBE3DNEMEFM7EIM/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 18, 2024 |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |issn=1539-7459}}</ref> On October 1, 2024, Carter [[turned 100]], the first U.S. president to do so.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 1, 2024 |title=President Jimmy Carter becomes the first US president to live to 100 years old |url=https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2024/09/30/jimmy-carter-former-us-president-celebrates-100th-birthday/75450406007/ |access-date=October 1, 2024 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref> Local events celebrating his birthday included a [[F-18 Super Hornet]] flyover formation by eight Navy pilots from [[Naval Air Station Oceana]], which Carter viewed from his backyard, and a naturalization ceremony for 100 new citizens at Plains High School, which Chip Carter attended.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president's 100th birthday |url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/jimmy-carter-his/XVIWDPWIQNGPFBSYG5XC2SRHE4/ |access-date=October 1, 2024 |publisher=[[WSB-TV]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001212651/https://www.wsbtv.com/news/jimmy-carter-his/XVIWDPWIQNGPFBSYG5XC2SRHE4/ |archive-date=October 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Local Navy pilots honor former President Carter's 100th Birthday with flyover |url=https://www.whro.org/military-veterans/2024-10-01/local-navy-pilots-honor-former-president-carters-100th-birthday-with-flyover |access-date=October 1, 2024 |publisher=[[WHRO-TV]]}}</ref> Carter made arrangements to be buried in front of his home at [[209 Woodland Drive]] in Plains. In 2006, he said that a funeral in Washington, D.C., with visitation at the Carter Center, was also planned.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/650212241/Carter-hopes-to-be-buried-in-hometown-of-Plains-Ga.html |title=President Carter Talks of Funeral Plans |date=December 4, 2006 |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302031127/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/650212241/Carter-hopes-to-be-buried-in-hometown-of-Plains-Ga.html}}</ref> Carter asked President Biden to deliver his eulogy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Judd |first1=Donald |date=March 14, 2023 |title=Biden says Carter asked him to deliver his eulogy |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/jimmy-carter-eulogy-biden/index.html |access-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314044102/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/jimmy-carter-eulogy-biden/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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