Former President Jimmy Carter has lived longer than 46 other presidents in more than 230 years. At 98 years old, Carter, the 39th president, has outlived George H.W. Bush by just under four years – something that seemed unlikely in 2015,
when Carter announced that cancer had spread to his brain.
As the oldest living president and the president who has lived longest after his term in office, Carter’s most important milestone occurred in 2020, according to President Carter himself. This was when he celebrated his 75th wedding anniversary with Rosalynn Carter, which made the
Carters the longest-married presidential couple in history.
Americans are Living Much Longer Than Ever Before
Jimmy Carter is a great example of a man who is living a
long, meaningful life, in spite of his illness. Similar to Carter, many of us will experience a chronic illness in our lifetimes, and hopefully many of us will live to 98 or more. These days, this isn’t only possible. . . it’s probable with aging Americans now living longer, healthier lives. In fact, there are many people around us who live to be 100 or even 110! According to Kristen Fortney, CEO of BioAge, a biotech company developing drugs to treat diseases related to aging, “(t)hey're
very independent and not in a nursing home until a very old age. They are still mentally sharp. So there are all these walking human examples (showing) what we can do better.”
Longevity, In Spite of Chronic Diseases
