Former President Bill Clinton paid tribute to Jimmy Carter, who recently entered home care, on Presidents Day Monday.
Clinton said was “thinking” of the 39th president in a tweet, which included a photo of the two.
Carter “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive medical care in lieu of further medical intervention” after a series of brief hospitalizations, the Carter Center said in a statement. a declaration Saturday.
Carter, the longest-serving American president in history, turned 98 in October. He served one term in the White House before losing re-election to Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980.
His post-presidency was defined by his charitable work with Habitat for Humanity and The Carter Center, along with human rights and political advocacy. A deeply religious Baptist, Carter taught Sunday school twice a week at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, for decades after leaving the White House.
Clinton and Carter both served as governors of southern states before serving as president. In 1999, Clinton presented Carter and his wife, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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