Former President Jimmy Carter is turning 96 years old on Thursday.
Carter, president from 1977 to 1981, plans to celebrate his birthday in Plains, Georgia, at his home with his wife, according to The Associated Press.
He is the longest living U.S. president. Carter survived cancer after being diagnosed in 2015.
Even after suffering from a fall in late 2019, Carter was out the next day in Tennessee helping to build homes for Habitat for Humanity. At the time, he called it his “No. 1 priority” to “come to Nashville and build houses,” despite his fall which required stitches above his eyebrow.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former president in U.S. history, turns 96 years old today. https://t.co/wLYAlYuFYp pic.twitter.com/VEbaGpgojZ
— ABC News (@ABC) October 1, 2020
Happy 96th Birthday to submariner LT James Earl Carter, USN (Ret). Carter is the only President of the United States to have graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) is named in his honor. pic.twitter.com/rj38P3n0W3
— U.S. Naval Institute (@NavalInstitute) October 1, 2020
Happy birthday to Jimmy Carter, the longest living US president, who turns 96 day.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 1, 2020
Below: Footage of Carter last year, 95 yrs old and a day after a fall that led to stitches, volunteering to build homes for Habitat for Humanity in Tennessee. pic.twitter.com/JjLWXAN1ye
Carter has weighed in on the upcoming 2020 presidential election, as he previously said he approves of “the use of absentee ballots and have been using them for more than five years,” as IJR reported.
In August during the 2020 Democratic National Convention, the former president praised Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
“Joe is that kind of leader, and he is the right person for this moment in our nation’s history,” Carter said, later adding, “Joe Biden must be our next president.”
