Grandchildren Jason Carter and James Carter IV have continued the family's legacy, with Jason serving as chairman of The Carter Center’s board and James gaining attention for a pivotal video in the 2012 presidential race.

Jimmy Carter's grandson, Jason Carter, spoke about the late president's legacy in an emotional memorial speech at the Carter Presidential Center.

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 ."

Chip Carter, the son of former President Jimmy Carter, reflected on his father’s extraordinary life, legacy, and the deeply personal lessons he imparted.

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.”

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 ...

Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in repose at the Carter Center in Atlanta. Earlier on Saturday, Carter's family and friends held a private service where Chip and Jason Carter delivered ...

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.

Jason paid tribute to his grandfather ... Mourners view the casket of former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in repose at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum on Jan. 5, 2025 ...

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