The thirty-ninth US President Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 this year, voted early in the presidential election for Vice President Kamala Harris.
The New York Times and CBS News report this.
US Elections: Jimmy Carter Votes for Harris
Jimmy Carter's family said that the former US President, who has been in hospice since February 2023, really wanted to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.
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The grandson of the 39th US President, Jason Carter, said that his grandfather's ballot was dropped into a ballot box at a courthouse in Americus, Georgia.
Note that Kamala Harris responded to the news that former US President Carter cast his vote for her.
“President Carter, thank you for your support,” Harris wrote on her X (Twitter) page.
Note that the in-person early voting period in Georgia began on Tuesday. The US presidential election will take place on November 5.
Jimmy Carter: What is known about the former US President
Earlier this month, Carter turned 100 years old, becoming the first former president in US history to reach that age. He has been battling cancer since 2015 and is currently receiving hospice care.
Jimmy Carter was President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He is also a recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
He served two terms as Governor of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975.
Born and raised in Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Naval Academy. He served seven years as a submarine officer in the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets of the U.S. Navy, leaving the military after the death of his father in 1953.
Carter's tenure saw improvements to the U.S. Social Security system, but it also saw significant tax increases. On the international stage, he helped negotiate the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt and the Panama Canal Agreement.
In the November 1980 presidential election, Carter ran for a second term but lost to Republican Ronald Reagan.
