In 1998, at the ripe age of 74, former President Jimmy Carter put some of his thoughts about getting older to paper. “The virtues of aging,” Carter wrote in a book that year, “include both the blessings that come to us as we grow older and what we have to offer that might be beneficial to others.

Jimmy Carter is preparing to celebrate his 100th birthday on Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and

Jimmy Carter sets a new record on October 1, his birthday, when he will become the first American president to reach triple digits.