Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter made an appearance at the Plains Peanut Festival on Saturday, days before his 99th birthday and while he receives hospice care
Jimmy Carter makes rare public appearance, days before his birthday and 7 months after starting hospiceSeptember 24, 2023, 12:19 PMFormer U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary in Plains, Ga., July 10, 2021.
The former president's office announced in February that he had decided to receive hospice care following a series of short hospital stays. He previously suffered multiple falls in 2019 and survived cancer in 2015. In May, the Carter Center said the former first lady had been diagnosed with dementia. The Carters are also the longest-married presidential couple in American history, having wed in 1946.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary in Plains, Ga., July 10, 2021.The Carter Center launched a tribute earlier this month for the former president's upcoming birthday.that "we didn't know, and we didn't believe at the time, that we were going to get to this 99th birthday.
"They are coming to the end, of course, at this time in their lives. But they are at peace, they are together, they're at home, they're in love. And you don't get much more than that, and they don't expect more," he said.ABC News' Matt Foster contributed to this report.
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