Jeff Carter, the youngest son of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, has been quietly living with Parkinson’s disease for the last several years.
Jeff Carter cries as he leaves the funeral service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church on November 29, 2023, in Plains, Georgia.
While 72-year-old Jeff Carter has known about his condition for a while, he chose to keep it private until now, the younger Carter told People Editor-in-Chief Wendy Naugle during a panel discussion that focused on the“My dad is currently living by himself, he’s able to take care of himself, he’s independent, but he built his house knowing that one day he’s going to need more help,” he said, noting that his father moved into a wheelchair-accessible home about a decade ago so he could prepare for...
Today he “can literally control his brain with his iPhone, which is wild,” Josh Carter said. “He can stand up, he can walk around, he can hold a drink without spilling it, he can eat he can communicate.”, Josh Carter gave Naugle more insight into his father’s experience, saying he hasn’t been “very open about it because he doesn’t want to be the face of anything.
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