President Jimmy Carter ‘Coming To The End,’ Says Grandson

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s grandson Jason Carter revealed this week the 99-year-old’s life appears to be “coming to the end.”

Jason made the remarks while speaking at a mental health forum hosted by Atlanta’s Carter Center.

“My grandfather is doing OK. He has been in hospice, as you know, for some almost a year and a half now,” Jason said. “And he really is, I think, coming to the end that, that — as I’ve said before, there’s a part of this faith journey that is so important to him. And there’s a part of that faith journey that you only can live at the very end, and I think he has been there in that space.”

Jason recently made similar remarks on CBS Sunday Morning, saying, “After a year in hospice, on a daily basis we have no expectations for his body. But, we know that his spirit is as strong as ever.”

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Speaking with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week, Jason shared an anecdote about Jimmy saying goodbye to his wife Rosalynn just before she passed away last November.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were married for 77 years.