As the 39th president of the United States, Carter has experienced numerous firsts. Among his many firsts were becoming the first president to be born in a hospital, the first person to graduate from the Naval Academy to hold the office, and the first president to visit Sub-Saharan Africa as a head of state. As of right now, Carter is the first American president to reach the age of 100.
Since the end of his presidency in 1981, Carter has stayed in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he is still receiving home hospice care. I will be in hospice care for two years this coming February.
96 years old, she passed away last year.
It’s funny how much President Carter has accomplished and how seldom he fails. However, Jill Stuckey, the manager of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Park in Plains and a longtime family friend of the Carters, said that “hospice care is the one area he has struggled with.” It brings us great joy that he continues to live. We are happy that he is on hospice care if he is unable to do anything.”
Stuckey said, “Tenacity” when asked what she believed set Carter apart from other presidents who have lived to be very old.
