Editing Jimmy Carter (section)

=== 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>