One day after the 98-year-old former president entered hospice care, President Joseph Biden conveyed his “love” and prayers to Jimmy Carter.
“Jill and I are praying for our friends Jimmy and Rosalynn and their family. Please know that we are thinking of you. We are in awe of the courage and humility you shown through trying circumstances. God wish you serenity as you go on your road with dignity and grace.
Carter, the president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, has chosen to spend his “remaining time” at home after a number of hospital admissions, his nonprofit foundation said on Saturday.
Living in Plains, Georgia, with his wife Rosalynn is Carter, the oldest surviving former president and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Joseph Biden, a fellow Democratic president, said that he and his wife, Jill, were praying for Carter and his family and sending them “our love.”
The Bidens received a thank-you tweet from the Carter foundation.
Biden and his wife had a meeting with the Carters in April 2021 at their Plains residence.
The Bidens were afterwards bid goodbye by Rosalynn, who was spotted by the press using a walker. The White House later issued a picture of the couples grinning together.
After a flood of eulogies and consoling remarks for the former president and his family, Biden sent the tweet.
Carter, the longest-serving president of the United States, has had many brief hospital hospitalizations. He has now “chosen to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of further medical intervention,” the Carter Center stated in a statement on Saturday.
We truly appreciate all the warm remarks we’ve received from President Carter’s followers, said The Carter Center, his organization that was established in 1982 to carry out his goal of global diplomacy.
Carter focused on social justice and human rights throughout his administration, having a successful first two years.
He had a turbulent last two years until being soundly beaten by Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980. This crushing setback prepared the way for his decades-long promotion of democracy, public health, and human rights across the world via The Carter Center.
Carter has had a number of medical procedures in recent years, notably when he disclosed in August 2015 that he had brain cancer and was having radiation therapy – a condition he reportedly overcame against all odds.
The facility was founded in 1982 by the former president and his 95-year-old wife, Rosalynn. In 2002, his efforts there won him the Nobel Peace Prize.
Carter said that fundamental Christian principles like justice and love served as the foundation of his administration. He also continued to teach Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist, his church in Plains, far into his nineties.
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