Carter, who has rarely used his full name — James Earl Carter Jr, was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. Gerald Ford, the Michigan native who was the 38th president after succeeding Richard Nixon, who had resigned the post, died Dec. 26, 2006. At the time of his death he was the longest-living president at age 93.

Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian,

The peanut farmer from Georgia was a virtual unknown when he launched his long-shot 1976 presidential bid that took him from “Jimmy Who?” to his inauguration as the nation’s 39th president.​

President Joe Biden, former presidents and other dignitaries are gathering at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to honor former President Jimmy Carter.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell reacts to Jason Carter’s eulogy of his grandfather, Jimmy Carter, in which he shared a memory of his grandfather making a cradle for his great-grandchildren in his workshop.

Jason Carter remembered his grandfather as a man of God and a man of the people at his Jimmy Carter's state funeral.

Though he once held the most powerful position in the world, Jimmy Carter may be better remembered for his work after leaving office

Jason Carter said that his grandfather Jimmy Carter’s “life is a love story” during a eulogy at the late president's state funeral

The life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter is being remembered Thursday with a national funeral service and a National Day of Mourning.

"Love is what taught him and told him to preach the power of human rights, not just for some people, but for all people,” Jason Carter said.