Spokeswoman: Jimmy Carter Won’t Be at Democratic Convention

Former President Jimmy Carter talks about his cancer diagnosis during a news conference at The Carter Center in Atlanta on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. Carter announced that his cancer is on four small spots on his brain and he will immediately begin radiation treatment, saying he is "at ease with whatever comes." (AP Photo/Phil Skinner)

ATLANTA—A spokeswoman for former president Jimmy Carter says he won’t attend the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Spokeswoman Deanna Congileo told The Associated Press on Thursday that Carter videotaped a message, as he did in 2012. She didn’t elaborate on why Carter will not attend this year.

Carter, 91, began receiving treatment for cancer in August. In March, he announced that recent scans showed no signs of cancer and he no longer needed to receive doses of an immune-boosting drug. He has said in recent interviews that he’s doing well.

Carter’s role at his party’s national convention has taken many forms since his losing bid for a second term in 1980. He last spoke at the 2004 convention but appeared onstage with wife, Rosalynn, in 2008, following a video tribute.