Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has lived long enough to overlap with 17 other commanders-in-chief.

In all the images history can collect of a U.S. president, only a handful become iconic. For former President Jimmy Carter, ...

Former President Jimmy Carter is marking his 100th birthday — the first former president in United States history to do so.

“My name is Jimmy Carter,” he wrote. “In my lifetime, I have been a farmer, a naval officer, a Sunday school teacher, an ...

Jimmy Carter holds a unique place in US politics: he is the oldest former president and a Nobel peace laureate, who left ...

Jimmy Carter continues to break records by becoming the longest-living former president in US history at 100.

In interviews with The Nation over the years, the former president outlined a foreign-policy approach that respects ...

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were married for 77 years before her death last year, making them the longest-married presidential ...

The former president left active military duty in 1953, served in the Navy Reserve until 1961 and left with the rank of ...

Living the last 19 months in home hospice care in Plains, the Georgia Democrat and 39th president has continued to defy ...

Former President Jimmy Carter is 100 years old Tuesday — reaching a longevity milestone no US president has ever achieved.

In June 1997, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter came to the hills of Eastern Kentucky on a Habitat for Humanity project called ...