Former President Jimmy Carter makes appearance at peanut festival ahead of his 99th birthday

The Carter Center says former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, on took a ride through the Plains Peanut Festival in their Georgia hometown over the weekend.

since February. He turns 99 on Oct. 4. The former first lady has since been diagnosed with dementia. The couple this summer marked their 77th wedding anniversary, extending their record as the nation’s longest-married first couple.

“It was amazing considering that he is in hospice care, and he is tough enough to come out here. In my opinion, he is one of the toughest men to serve as President, and he is my favorite,” Reed Elliotte, a Corbin, Kentucky resident, toldThe Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting.

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