Rosalynn Carter, 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home, Carter Center says

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is joining her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, in-home hospice care at the couple’s longtime residence in Plains, Ga.

In a brief announcement Friday, the couple’s grandson Jason Carter said the pair “are spending time with each other and their family.

“The Carter family continues to ask for privacy and remains grateful for the outpouring of love and support,” added the statement, which was released by the Carter Center. 

The announcement came almost exactly nine months to the day Jimmy Carter, 99, entered hospice care following a series of hospital stays. 

Jimmy Carter and the former Rosalynn Smith, 96, have been married since 1946 and have lived in the same home since 1961.

President Biden revealed in March that he had already been asked to deliver the eulogy for Carter, before recognizing he “shouldn’t” have mentioned that publicly.

“I spent time with Jimmy Carter and it’s finally caught up with him, but they found a way to keep him going for a lot longer than they anticipated because they found a breakthrough,” Biden, 80, said during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., one month after Carter entered hospice care.

“He asked me to do his eulogy,” he added before catching himself and saying, “Excuse me, I shouldn’t say that.”

The oldest-ever president and oldest-living president met briefly in April 2021 to mark the end of Biden’s first 100 days in office.