Carter's foundation released a statement regarding his decision, they said, "After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.

Though Jimmy Carter was a U.S. president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of a global organization, The Carter Center, to his more than one dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren, he was a grandfather first and foremost, his grandson Jason Carter told " Good Morning America ."

Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”

Carter elected to office besides Jimmy Carter himself.

Jason Carter delivered a heartfelt eulogy for his grandfather, emphasizing the Carter Center's role in preserving Jimmy Carter's legacy beyond being a museum. He praised the Carter Center staff ...

The state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter begins Saturday in his home state. Follow for updates on the motorcade from Plains to Atlanta

President Carter previously told his son that he hoped he would live long enough to vote for Harris in the 2024 presidential election

Carter died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. He served in the U.S. Navy for seven years before working on the family farm and running for office in Georgia, winning the governorship in 1970. Carter, a Democrat, was elected to the White House in 1976 and served a single term.

Former President Jimmy Carter was a father of four, grandfather to 12 and great-grandfather to 14 children when he died at age 100.

The funeral ceremonies for former President Jimmy Carter are underway. His body was transferred from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta.

Former President Carter's grandson, Jason Carter, spoke about Jimmy Carter's life and legacy at The Carter Center.