Jason Carter, the eldest grandson of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, provided an update on the former president’s health during remarks Tuesday at the Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum.
The former first lady passed away in November at the age of 96, which Carter said was "a difficult moment for all of us, including my grandfather."
"The outpouring of love and support that we, as a family, received from people in this room and from the rest of the world was so remarkable and meaningful to us," he added. "And it really turned that whole process into a celebration.”
Carter, who will turn 100 on Oct. 1, has been in hospice care since February 2023.
Recalling a recent visit with his grandfather, Jason Carter said he believes the 39th president's life is "coming to the end."
"He has been in hospice, as you know, for almost a year and a half now, and 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," he said.
He went on to recall a conversation the two had when he spent time with his grandfather recently watching a Braves game.
"I said, 'Papa, you know I can't -- 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,'" he recalled.
In February, at the one-year mark of Carter being in hospice care, the family released a statement saying they were "pleased that his decision last year to enter hospice care has sparked so many family discussions across the country on an important subject.”
