Who is jimmy carter

"When Willie Nelson wrote his autobiography, he confessed that he smoked pot in the White House one night when he was spending the night with me," Jimmy recalled in the documentary. "And he says that his companion that shared the pot with him was one of the servants in the White House. That is not exactly true — it actually was one of my sons, which he didn't want to categorize as a pot-smoker like him." Chip married Caron Griffin on June 23, 1973, after meeting her three years earlier during his father's campaign for governor in Georgia. They share a son named James Earl Carter IV, born on Feb. 25, 1977. Chip moved out of the White House in August 1977, Washington Post reported, amid a rumored separation from Caron. He and Caron finalized their divorce in 1980, per Post. When President Carter's term ended, Amy moved to Atlanta. In summer 1982, she served as a Senate page in Washington, D.C. She graduated from the Woodward Academy and later enrolled at Brown University but was dismissed for poor academic performance in July 1987, Washington Post. Amy went on to get her bachelor's degree from the Dick Yarwood/Newsday RM via Getty Amy was politically active from a young age, participating in numerous protests, including ones against U.S. foreign policy in Central America and apartheid in South Africa. In 1986, Amy and several others were arrested for New York Times later reported that Amy and 14 other protesters were acquitted of charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing...

NORCROSS, Ga. — Three months after entering end-of-life care at home, former President Jimmy Carter remains in good spirits as he visits with family, follows public discussion of his legacy and receives updates on The Carter Center’s humanitarian work around the world, his grandson says. He’s even enjoying regular servings of ice cream. “They’re just meeting with family right now, but they’re doing it in the best possible way: the two of them together at home,” Jason Carter said of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, now 98 and 95 years old. “They’ve been together The longest-lived U.S. president, Jimmy Carter Ongoing tributes The hospice care announcement prompted ongoing tributes and media attention on his 1977-81 presidency and the global humanitarian work the couple has done since co-founding The Carter Center in 1982. “That’s been one of the blessings of the last couple of months,” Jason Carter said after speaking Tuesday at an event honoring his grandfather. “He is certainly getting to see the outpouring and it’s been gratifying to him for sure.” The former president also gets updates on The Carter Center’s And in less serious moments, he also continues to enjoy peanut butter ice cream, his preferred flavor, in keeping with his political brand as a peanut farmer, his grandson said. Carter's legacy Andrew Young, who served as Carter’s U.N. Ambassador, told the AP that he too visited the Carters “a few weeks back” and was “very pleased we could laugh and joke about old times.” ...

6 A portrait of President Jimmy Carter and his extended family, taken in the 70s Credit: Getty Who are Jimmy Carter's children? Their three sons; Jack, Donnel and James Carter, were all grown by the time he became president in 1977. However, his youngest child, Amy, spent part of her childhood in the White House. Jack Carter Jack Carter, 74, a businessman and politician, is Carter's eldest son. Jack was the 2006 Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Nevada, before losing to the Republican incumbent. Jack has two children, Jason and Sarah from his marriage to first wife Juliet “Judy” Langford Carter. According to reports from With Elizabeth, Jack has a further two stepchildren, film director John Chuldenko and painter Sarah Reynolds. 6 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate and State Sen. Jason Carter campaigning with his grandparents in 2014 Credit: Getty Donnel “Jeff” Carter According to The former computer-mapping company became a consultancy for the World Bank in 1978. Jeff has three sons - Jeremy, Joshua, and James Carter. James “Chip” Carter According to the 2016 book First Dads, Chip, 71, has worked as a political consultant for hundreds of campaigns for Democratic candidates. He has married three times and is reportedly still with his third wife, Becky Payne. 6 Former President Jimmy Carter and Grand Children attend his surprise 70th, in 1994 Credit: Getty Amy Carter Amy Carter was just nine years old when her father entered office, making her the only Car...