Former first lady Rosalynn Carter will join her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, for in-home hospice care at the couple’s former residence in Plains, Georgia.
In a brief announcement Friday, the couple’s grandson, Jason Carter, said the couple “are spending time together and with their family.
“The Carter family continues to ask for privacy and remains grateful for the outpouring of love and support,” added the statement, released by the Carter Center.
Rosalynn Carter receives palliative care at home.AP
The announcement came almost exactly nine months to the day 99-year-old Jimmy Carter entered hospice care after a series of hospital stays.
Jimmy Carter and the former Rosalynn Smith, 96, have been married since 1946 and have lived in the same house since 1961.
President Biden revealed in March that he had already been asked to deliver Carter’s eulogy, before acknowledging that he “shouldn’t” have mentioned it publicly.
“I spent time with Jimmy Carter and he finally caught up with him, but they found a way to keep him going for much longer than they anticipated because they found a breakthrough,” Biden, 80, said during a Democratic Party fundraiser. in ranch. Santa Fe, California, a month after Carter entered hospice care.
“He asked me to give his eulogy,” he added before recovering and saying, “Excuse me, I shouldn’t say that.”
The oldest president in history and the living president met briefly in April 2021 to mark the end of Biden’s first 100 days in office.
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