PLAINS, Georgia — Longtime friends and family of Jimmy Carter milled around his hometown of Plains to celebrate his 100th birthday on Tuesday, the first time a United States president has lived a full century.
The milestone is the latest in a life that took the Depression-era farmer's son to the White House and across the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and advocate for democracy.
CENTURY OLD Former United States president Jimmy Carter greets attendees as he departs the funeral service for his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, on Nov. 29, 2023. AP FILE PHOTO