Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are 'coming to the end' but together and 'in love,' their grandson shares

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

Published 1:05 p.m. ET Sept. 14, 2023 | Updated 6:34 p.m. ET Sept. 14, 2023


Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter’s grandson said his grandparents remain together and in love, even as they face health challenges. “They're coming to the end, as we know,” Jason Carter, chairman of the Carter Center’s Board of Trustees and an attorney, told USA TODAY on Thursday.

The Carter Center, the longtime charity created by the former first couple, announced earlier this year that the former president was entering hospice care. In May, the Carter family revealed the former first lady was diagnosed with dementia “He's been in hospice now for several months, but they are happy,” Jason Carter said. “They are together. They are at home. They're in love, and I don't think anyone gets more than that. I mean, it's a perfect situation for this time in their lives.”

And he added that despite his grandmother’s diagnosis, this time marks “a very joyful moment for her in a lot of ways.” Rosalynn Carter turned 96 last month. “They're both doing as well as can be expected,” Jason Carter said. He added that his grandfather, whose 99th birthday falls on Oct. 1, faces “really significant physical challenges,” but he does spend time watching baseball games and seeing family “almost every day.”

The former president and President Joe Biden also "still communicate today on a relatively regular basis," Jason Carter said, and the president has written to Jimmy Carter "just to let him know that he's continuing to think about my grandfather, pray for him."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/14/jimmy-rosalynn-carter-coming-end/70851645007/

[snowybirdie]

1. May we all

long married people have such a beautiful ending.

[sheshe2]

2. I think they are waiting to go together.

❤❤❤

[iluvtennis]

9. +++ agree. n/t

[Aristus]

30. God, did you have to do that, sheshe?

Now I'm crying!...

[Maraya1969]

3. Democrats live long lives. Probably because they are not filled with vitriol.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. 100+. nt

[Polybius]

15. Explain this guy then:

[irisblue]

16. Satan's son?

[MontanaMama]

17. JFC. Is he still alive?

I dont want to Google it or it will screw with my algorithm.

[BigmanPigman]

20. I replied to a post on DU about "only the good die young"

That evil monster will live to be 1,000 +. He is personally responsible for thousands of deaths so he will be like the Energizer Bunny and go on and on and on..... Karma should have nailed him and many others who are also sociopaths.

[shrike3]

44. Why I don't believe in karma. It never seems to get the rich and powerful.

I think the notion of karma is like the notion of hell: so many terrible people get away with so many terrible things, and there's an innate need for justice in all of us, that somehow, some way they'll get justice, if not in this world, then the next.

[Ford_Prefect]

24. Dow Chemical has quite a lot invested in him...

[shrike3]

33. I don't know if it was Lewis Black who said this

But some comedian said, "The good die young, and assholes live forever." That's actually been my experience. The meaner a person is, the longer they stick around on this planet. Yes, I know it's just my experience.

[ChazInAz]

40. My father, who was an evil person,

Died at ninety-seven. He had dementia and was raving that the cops or Interpol were coming for him. That latter made us wonder.

[shrike3]

43. I've had people in my life like that, too. Not fun.

[PCIntern]

45. I have as well...

disconcerting.

[Initech]

37. I seriously wonder how Trump hasn't been the victim of a massive coronary yet.

Given his hatred for literally everything, his toxic diet, and his toxic media diet, that's a perfect storm waiting to happen.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. I can relate to the Carters love.

My late wife and I were just as much in love on her death bed as the first day we met.

I hope their passing is painless and peaceful, we all will face that day sometime in our life time.

[BOSSHOG]

10. Thank You Teammate

Peace, Love and Eternity for you and your soulmate.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

12. And to you also my friend.

[calimary]

25. Awww... that's so sweet!

Peace and comfort to you.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I'm hoping that President Carter is able to celebrate his upcoming birthday in two weeks...

He truly is a national treasure and was the very first candidate that I paid attention to and really liked from the very beginning...

[mountain grammy]

7. Wonderful couple

So fortunate to have each other at this point in their lives and I know they appreciate that. Peace and love to them.

[LenaBaby61]

29. If my late parents were alive today, they'd have been married .....

78 years, on September 11th 2023.

[Sancho]

8. Jimmy Carter was always an inspiration for me...

...I met him when I was a college student and he was campaigning. He was my first vote for a President.

There are no words for the change that he made in this world.

[blm]

19. A great human being.

[William769]

11. ...

[LiberalFighter]

13. My parents died forty days apart.

I have in family tree one or more that have died fewer days apart.

[lefthandedskyhook]

14. Jimmy Carter was my first presidential vote

Reagan wanted to gut the middle class and give it to elites. Carter wanted to grow the middle class and find a way to do it... a very clear choice!

[jmbar2]

18. I hope they can leave together, holding hands

They are both such inspirations, and real Christians, not the fake ones so loudly proclaiming today.

Two angels on their way...

[mamajudi]

21. Jimmy and Rosalyn

If that isn't the sweetest love story I've ever heard.....I don't know what is. I voted for him...twice. And I'm very proud of that. A wonderful man and a fellow sailor.

[Aristus]

31. Welcome to DU!

[Bayard]

22. I would love to see Jimmy hit 100,

But it doesn't look too promising.

The Carters are genuine, and inspirational in so many ways.

[ShazzieB]

23. I did not realize until now that Jimmy Carter's birthday is the same as my dad's!

My father's been gone since April 1988, thanks mainly to decades of heavy smoking. I guess that wasn't really a bad lifespan for someone born in 1909, but I sure wish he could have stuck around a little longer. He was nearly 40 when I was born, so I was only 38 when he died.

Sorry for the digression. I was just struck by Eddie (my dad) and Jimmy having the same birthday and not being aware of it before. I learn something new every day!

[twodogsbarking]

26. JFK was born seven years before Jimmy Carter.

Nearly sixty years since the day in Dallas.

[MissMillie]

27. I confess that I check LBN every day, expecting (and dreading) bad news

Well, I check LBN for all latest news, but lately I've had the sense that news from the Carter family is immenent.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. I know...

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

32. At least he (hopefully Rosalyn, too) will get a dignified state funeral under Biden

The Dotard would make the funeral all about him as he squirms and twists on the front pew. Hopefully the Carters said not to invite the Mango Monster.

[Kennah]

34. Original President of Hope in my lifetime

[Botany]

35. May they find piece in each others company for the rest of their time above ground and may when ...

... the time comes for one the other follows along peacefully. They are good people.



?

[SWBTATTReg]

36. I look at the Carters and then I hear the nonsense about tRUMP. There could not be a bigger

difference between two couples on this earth, than the selfish tRUMP couple and the Carters.

My love and best wishes to the Carters for their shared journey with all of us on this planet.

[Initech]

38. The Carters are national treasures!

[wryter2000]

39. May their passing be peaceful

Glad they’re going together

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

41. Pretty sure I will bawl like a baby when he leaves.

[Deminpenn]

42. Isn't this about the third time Jason Carter

has said this?

The Carters are in their late 90s, but still they're hanging in there.