Jimmy Carter says he hopes to vote for Kamala Harris
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Jimmy Carter, now 99, the oldest living president is hoping to vote for Kamala Harris during the November elections, according to his grandson who spoke to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Former President Jimmy Carter, the oldest living president, is hoping to vote for Kamala Harris during the November elections, his grandson said. “I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” the 99-year-old former president said, according to his grandson, Jason Carter, who relayed a conversation Carter had with his son Chip earlier this week to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. CNN has reached out to the Carter Center for a statement. Carter, who is set to turn 100 on October 1, entered hospice care in February 2023 after a series of hospital stays. Jason Carter said in May the 39th president is “coming to an end” when providing an update on his health. Carter, a Democrat and one-term president, is a survivor of metastatic brain cancer and liver cancer and underwent a brain surgery after a fall in 2019. The former president is widely revered for his championing of human rights and brokering the Camp David Accords in 1978 between Egypt and Israel. Carter, a peanut farmer and US Navy lieutenant before entering politics, served one term as governor of Georgia before becoming president.
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