'Not going to miss an election': Jimmy Carter voted in Georgia primary, his grandson says [View all]
Source: USA Today
Published 1:21 p.m. ET May 12, 2024 | Updated 2:50 p.m. ET May 12, 2024
Former President Jimmy Carter, who has been under hospice care for over a year, voted in Georgia’s May primary last week, his grandson said in a new interview.
Jason Carter told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Monica Pearson Show,” that his grandfather cast a mail-in ballot in the race. Georgia’s May primary election date is next week, though advance voting began on April 29 in the Peach State
“He’s not going to miss an election.” Jason Carter said. “It’s important to him. I mean, that’s the person he is.” Jason Carter told USA TODAY last year that his grandfather and President Joe Biden had been in contact “on a relatively regular basis.”
Jimmy Carter, 99, entered hospice care in February 2023. Though hospice care is often associated with the immediate end of a person’s life, it’s not always a short-term option. The Carter Center, the global charity Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982, announced last year that the former president would not receive “additional medical intervention.”
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