Jimmy Carter

In 2013, President Carter and his late wife Roslyn headed to the East Bay to help build homes for people in need. Janice Jensen was there during that trip, and she remembered his legacy fondly.

Jimmy Carter was the longest living president in American history.

“Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy. And I say this with assurance because human rights is the soul of our sense of nationhood," former President Jimmy Carter said in 1978.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were married for 77 years, the longest-married presidential couple in American history.

Jimmy Carter, later known as a peacemaker and humanitarian, is the only president to have graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy.

Only two other presidents have won Grammy Awards, including Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.

As the world mourns the death of former President Jimmy Carter, misconceptions about his life are coming into focus as well.

Former President Jimmy Carter will be widely remembered as a champion of conservation, but perhaps fewer know just how much he did to preserve his home state of Georgia and beyond.

Former President Jimmy Carter observed his 100th birthday with a star-studded benefit concert that raised $1.2 million and a large-scale Habitat for Humanity event where 30 homes were built

Jimmy Carter turned 100 years old on Tuesday. Over the last century, the former president has seen many changes across the nation and world.

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter has finally reached the century mark.

News that former President Jimmy Carter died on Tuesday does not appear to be true.

In 1952, when a Canadian nuclear reactor suffered a partial meltdown, officials turned to a young Navy sailor who could deal with the situation: 28-year-old future president Jimmy Carter.