(Atlanta, GA) -- Former President Jimmy Carter turns 100 today and is the first American president to reach the century milestone.
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian, nuclear engineer and advocate for democracy is the first American president born in a hospital.
Carter entered hospice care in February 2023 and continues to defy expectations by surviving the past 19 months at home in end-of-life are in Plains, Georgia.
Before becoming President, Carter was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy working with the Naval Reactors Branch of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in 1952.
The 39th President of the United States was born on October 1st, 1924.
“Not everybody gets 100 years on this earth, and when somebody does, and when they use that time to do so much good for so many people, it's worth celebrating," Jason Carter, the former president's grandson and chair of The Carter Center governing board, said in an interview.
Carter was last seen in public a year ago, using a reclining wheelchair to attend his wife's funeral service.
Jason Carter says his granddad is "Excited to vote for Kamala Harris” and early voting begins Oct. 15 in Georgia, two weeks into James Earl Carter Jr.'s 101st year.
In honor of Carter’s 100th birthday, the North Lawn of the White House will display the number “100” with the message “Happy Birthday President Carter,” according to the first lady's office.