Jimmy Carter is preparing to celebrate his 100th birthday on Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the son of a Depression-era farmer to the White House and across the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and advocate for democracy.

Former President Jimmy Carter has lived a long and varied life dedicated to politics, peanuts, faith and family.

Former president and Noble Peace Prize recipient Jimmy Carter becomes the first United States president to live to 100 years old.

Jimmy Carter sets a new record on October 1, his birthday, when he will become the first American president to reach triple digits.

Nineteen months after entering hospice care, the 39th president is set to turn 100 on Tuesday. His birthday wish? A chance to vote for his party’s candidate one more time.

Former President Jimmy Carter in Plains, Georgia, following the funeral service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter in November 2023. Photo: Alex Brandon/Pool/AFP via

In 1998, at the ripe age of 74, former President Jimmy Carter put some of his thoughts about getting older to paper. “The virtues of aging,” Carter wrote in a book that year, “include both the blessings that come to us as we grow older and what we have to offer that might be beneficial to others.

Former President Jimmy Carter will turn 100 years old on Tuesday. His birthday wish is to vote in the upcoming presidential election. Carter has been in hospice care since February.