Jimmy Carter Celebrates His 100th Birthday as Longest Living Former President

The 39th president, who has been in hospice for the past 18 months, performed decades of humanitarian service via The Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity.

Former President Jimmy Carter greets people after the funeral service for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., on Nov. 29, 2023. Alex Brandon/Pool via AP Photo

Former President Jimmy Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 1, becoming the first centenarian American president in a life that saw the rapid rise of a peanut farmer into the world of Georgia state politics, just years before his ascent into the White House.

Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian, has spent the last 19 months in home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, his hometown.