Jimmy Carter, 99, reveals his dying wish from hospice: 'I'm trying to make it'

Former president Jimmy Carter has revealed he is hoping to unrecorded agelong capable to ballot for Kamala Harris successful November.

The 99-year-old shared his dying wish from nan Georgia location wherever he is receiving extremity of life care.

'I'm only trying to make it to ballot for Kamala Harris,' Carter told his boy Chip, his grandson Jason Carter told the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

Carter is owed to move 100 connected October 1, days earlier Harris will look disconnected against Donald Trump successful nan statesmanlike election. 

In caller days, Jason Carter said his grandfather is 'more alert and willing successful authorities and nan warfare successful Gaza'.

He had antecedently said that nan 39th president was 'no longer awake each day' whilst receiving hospice care.

However, Carter remains hopeful he will make it to nan polls. Early voting successful George opens connected October 15, 2 weeks aft nan erstwhile president's birthday.

The Democrat is nan oldest surviving ex-president and was successful agency from 1977 to 1981.

His family announced he had been taken into hospice attraction successful February 2023 and galore assumed this meant he was adjacent death.

He has been receiving extremity of life attraction astatine his location successful Plains for 17 months, including done mourning nan decease of his beloved woman of 77-years, Rosalynn.

The erstwhile president was past seen astatine her ceremonial successful Georgia successful November past year.

Rosalynn Carter died connected November 19 astatine nan property of 96. She and Carter were nan longest joined statesmanlike couple.

They met erstwhile nan former president was was conscionable 3 years old and Rosalynn was a newborn, and celebrated their 77nd wedding day connected July 7, 2023.

The mates shared a life together and their romance stood nan trial of time, arsenic good arsenic nan challenges of Navy deployments, a statesmanlike run and his consequent clip successful office.

Post-presidency, Jimmy was utterly devoted to his wife.

They pursued humanitarian projects together, helping conception aliases renovate much than 4,300 affordable homes crossed nan world - 1 of nan top charitable achievements of immoderate past president.

In 2022, he was awarded nan Nobel Peace Prize for his activity trying to find solutions to world conflicts. 

Last period his representatives were forced to contradict claims he had died aft a clone missive was posted connected X.