The author of a Jimmy Carter biography, Jonathan Alter, shares what it was like for Carter growing up in Plains and throughout his journey to the White House.

I recently completed Jonathan Alter’s mammoth 700+ page biography of Jimmy Carter entitled His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life. Alter concludes that the Carter “presidency was flawed but ...

Rev. Tony Lowden will read a prayer Thursday in Washington and then preside over the private, final service for President Jimmy Carter in Plains.

BIRTH NAME: James Earl Carter, Jr. — BORN: Oct. 1, 1924, at the Wise Clinic in Plains, Georgia, the first U.S. president born in a hospital. He would become the first president to live for an ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia. His death comes more than a year after the former president entered hospice care. He was 100 years old.

"Sunday Morning" looks back on the life of a public servant who sought to restore Americans' faith in the integrity of their government, and who was a Nobel Peace Prize-winner for his remarkable ...

"Jimmy who?" was the question a lot of Americans ... Alter, who spent many hours with Carter for a biography, noted, "There was much more accomplishment in the Carter presidency than I had thought." ...

Jason Carter, the eldest grandchild of Jimmy Carter, will delivery one of the eulogies at the 39th US president’s state ...

Former President Jimmy Carter was a father of four, grandfather to 12 and great-grandfather to 14 children when he died at ...

Mourners including all five living U.S. presidents attended the late President Jimmy Carter's funeral Jan. 9 at the ...

The remains of President Jimmy Carter will arrive in Washington today. HIs funeral is set for Thursday, also declared a National Day of Mourning.

Who was Jimmy Carter? The son of a farmer and nurse, Carter was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains, according to his official biography. He grew up in nearby Archery. He attended public schools ...