Biden says Jimmy Carter asked him to deliver his tribute

President Biden said Monday night that former President Jimmy Carter asked him to deliver a eulogy at his funeral. Carter, the 39th president and the longest-living president in U.S. history, has been receiving hospice care at his home in Georgia since deciding to stop further treatment on February 18. , I shouldn't say that," Biden said Monday night. After a fundraiser in California.

Mr. Biden said he "had a good time with Mr. Carter" and cancer "finally caught up with him." Biden, who lost his son Beau to brain cancer in 2015, spoke about cancer at a fundraiser on Monday, referring to Carter's previous battles and saying doctors were "trying to find ways to keep him going for much longer." I found it," he said.

Carter said he had a small cancerous mass removed from his liver in 2015 and a year later he announced that his investigational drug had eliminated all signs of cancer and no further treatment was needed. .

The Carter Center said in February, "After a series of brief hospital stays, former US President Jimmy Carter has decided to spend the rest of his time at home with his family and receive hospice care in lieu of additional medical attention.

Center did not say what treatment he received recently. In 2019, he underwent surgery to relieve pressure on his brain from a subdural hematoma. He has also been hospitalized in recent years after suffering a series of falls.

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Carter's grandson, Jason Carter, said last year that the former president was approaching his 98th birthday "in faith in God's plan."

In May 2021, Mr. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited Carter and his wife, Rosalyn, in Plains, Georgia. Biden said at the time that they were "talking about the old days." Biden served as a senator from 1977 until he served as president until 1981, when President Carter was president.