Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife attend an inaugural luncheon after the inauguration of President Trump on Jan. 20, 2017.
Jimmy Carter, 96, the longest-serving U.S. president, and his wife Rosalynn Carter, 93, recently said they will not attend Biden’s low-key “inauguration,” the first time they have missed a presidential inauguration since Carter was sworn in as the 39th president in 1977.
A spokeswoman for the Carter Center, a nonprofit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, said the Carters had sent their “best wishes” to Biden and Kamala Harris and were “looking forward to a successful inauguration.
Carter, a Democrat, became the longest-lived president in U.S. history in March 2019, surpassing former President George HW Bush Sr. who died in November 2018 at the age of 94. The Carters also made a special trip to Washington to attend Bush Sr.’s funeral.
Former President Jimmy Carter (second from right) and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter (far right) attend the state funeral service for former President George HW Bush Sr. at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2018.
The Carters have never missed a successor’s inauguration, and Carter was the first former president to confirm plans to attend before President Trump’s inauguration in 2017.
The Carters spent most of the time during the Communist virus pandemic at their home in the small Georgia town of Plains, Ga. They both grew up there and have lived there since leaving the White House in 1981. Because of the Chinese Communist virus, Carter was unable to attend church in person, but he still insisted on attending church via video.
On New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, they were seen visiting friends. The couple, who have been married for 74 years, also shared a heartwarming photo on New Year’s Eve.
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