Jimmy Carter’s life is ‘coming to an end’ grandson Jason shared

On Tuesday, Jimmy Carter ’s grandson, Jason Carter, gave an update on the 99-year-old former president ’s ailing health during a mental health forum held at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Despite being in hospice since last February, Jason Carter said that his grandfather is doing OK, but he is nearing the end of his life.

“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.

Jason Carter discussed a recent visit to see his grandfather in Plains, Georgia , where they spent their time watching an Atlanta Braves game.

“I said, ‘Pa Pa … people ask me how you’re doing, and I say I don’t know.’ And he said, ‘Well, I don’t know myself.’ And so, he’s still there,” Jason Carter said.

As the oldest living president , Carter has survived metastatic brain cancer, liver cancer, and also brain surgery after a fall in 2019.

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Carter’s wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, died last November. A strong mental health advocate, Rosalynn created the President’s Commission on Mental Health during her time as first lady, resulting in increased research funding and broader treatment access to mental healthcare. The Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum has occurred for 28 years, but the one on Tuesday was the first since Rosalynn’s death.

"This is, of course, the first of these forums since that day," Jason Carter said. "But the outpouring of love and support that we as a family received from the people in this room and from the rest of the world was just so remarkable and meaningful to us."