Jimmy Carter

=== Longevity ===
At 99 years old, Carter is the longest-lived former U.S. president. He has been the earliest-serving living former president since [[Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford|Gerald Ford's death]] in 2006. In 2012, he surpassed [[Herbert Hoover]] as the longest-retired president. On January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021, Carter became the first president to live to the 40th anniversary of his inauguration and post-presidency, respectively. In 2017, Carter, then 92, became the oldest former president ever to [[Inauguration of Donald Trump|attend an American presidential inauguration]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://time.com/4639799/jimmy-carter-beat-cancer-donald-trump-inauguration/ |title=How Jimmy Carter Beat Cancer and Became the Oldest President to Attend an Inauguration |first=Katie |last=Reilly |date=January 20, 2017 |magazine=Time |access-date=January 20, 2017 |archive-date=January 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120162759/http://time.com/4639799/jimmy-carter-beat-cancer-donald-trump-inauguration/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jimmy Carter is poised to be the president who has lived the longest in US history |last=Jacobo |first=Julia |date=March 21, 2019 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jimmy-carter-now-oldest-living-president-us-history/story?id=61835536 |work=ABC News |access-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-date=August 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824213745/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jimmy-carter-now-oldest-living-president-us-history/story?id=61835536 |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 22, 2019, he became the nation's [[List of presidents of the United States by age|longest-lived president]], when he surpassed the lifespan of George H. W. Bush, who died at the age of {{age in years and days|1924|6|12|2018|11|30}}, in November 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barrow |first=Bill |title=Jimmy Carter's new milestone: Longest-lived U.S. president |work=The Detroit News |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/22/carter-president-longest-lived/39240613/ |date=March 22, 2019 |access-date=March 22, 2019 |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322193330/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/22/carter-president-longest-lived/39240613/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Carter entered hospice care several months before celebrating his 99th birthday at his home.<ref name="99th">{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-99-birthday-hospice-19be42d93ca052816aaa06c57c38be1b |title=Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 1, 2023| accessdate=October 1, 2023 |first=Bill |last=Barrow |department=U.S. News}}</ref> He noted that it felt difficult to reach his 90s, saying in a 2019 interview with ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' that he never expected to live as long as he had and that his secret to a long life was a good marriage.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://people.com/politics/jimmy-carter-living-to-95-habitat-humanity-build-rosalynn-marriage/|title=Jimmy Carter: Why I Chose Habitat and How I Keep Going|first=Adam |last=Carlson |date=October 15, 2019 |magazine=People|access-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-date=March 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305211103/https://people.com/politics/jimmy-carter-living-to-95-habitat-humanity-build-rosalynn-marriage/|url-status=live }}</ref> Carter has made arrangements to be buried in front of his home at [[209 Woodland Drive]] in Plains. He noted in 2006 that a funeral in Washington, D.C., with visitation at the Carter Center was also planned.<ref name="AP">{{Cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/650212241/Carter-hopes-to-be-buried-in-hometown-of-Plains-Ga.html |title=President Carter Talks of Funeral Plans |date=December 4, 2006 |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302031127/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/650212241/Carter-hopes-to-be-buried-in-hometown-of-Plains-Ga.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>