Former President Jimmy Carter Reveals Who He’s Voting For In 2024 Presidential Election

Former President Jimmy Carter has revealed who he’s voting for in November.

Carter, the oldest living President who turns 100 in October, stated, “I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris.”

Former President Carter’s statement was not heard directly from Carter himself but rather was a message relayed by his grandson, Jason Carter.

Carter’s health has been deteriorating in recent months, and he has been in hospice care since February of last year.

Jimmy Carter is allegedly trying to stay alive just to vote for Kamala Harris. It's actually impressive how tenacious he is. pic.twitter.com/edvHG0xdIa

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As Former President Jimmy Carter approaches 100 years old, he told his family this week that his goal is to “make it to vote for Kamala Harris” for President. I couldn’t love this amazing man any more than I already do. 💙🙏 pic.twitter.com/eUohC8Nyeq

— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) August 3, 2024

Per CNN:

Former President Jimmy Carter, the oldest living president, is hoping to vote for Kamala Harris during the November elections, his grandson said.

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“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.

Former President Jimmy Carter, who turns 100 on October 1st, told his family that he’s trying to stay alive so he can vote for Kamala Harris for President. The Oilfield Rando X account tweeted, “Does he not know he’ll be voting for her whether or not he’s alive?”

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) August 6, 2024

Here’s what The New York Post reported:

The oldest living former president will hit the milestone on Oct. 1 — but it seems Election Day on Nov. 5 is what Jimmy Carter’s been thinking about most, his grandson revealed this week.

“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Jason Carter said the 99-year-old told his son, Chip, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Georgia peanut farmer, who served as president from 1977 to 1981, entered hospice care in February 2023 and was not expected to live much longer.

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Eighteen months later, his grandson said he recently told Chip he was much more concerned about seeing Harris, 59, elected to the White House over her opponent, former President Donald Trump, 78, rather than reaching the century mark.

The remark comes just three months after he gave an ominous update about this grandfather’s health.

“He really is, I think, coming to the end 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 Carter said at the 28th Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum in May.