Source: NBC News
Jimmy Carter can add another title to a lifetime of achievements: He’s now the longest-living U.S. president.
As of Thursday evening, the 39th commander-in-chief is 94 years and 172 days old — surpassing George H.W. Bush, who died in November at 94 years and 171 days old.
“We at The Carter Center are grateful for his long life of service that has benefitted millions of the world’s poorest people,” Deanna Congileo, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center, told NBC News.
Carter, the first American president born in a hospital, turned 94 in October. He was Georgia’s 76th governor before winning the presidency in 1976 as a Democrat.
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