Former US President Jimmy Carter will begin receiving hospice care, according to a statement from The Carter Center. 9News
"He has the full support of his family and his medical team.
Carter, who turned 98 last year, became the oldest living US president in history after the passing of George H.W. Bush, who died in late 2018 at 94. A peanut farmer and US Navy lieutenant before going into politics, Carter, a Democrat, eventually serving one term as governor of Georgia and president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
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