The former president of USA Jimmy Carterwho turned one hundred years old at the beginning of this month of October, This Wednesday he cast his vote by mail in favor of the democratic candidate and current vice president of the country, Kamala Harristhus fulfilling one of his last wishes.
This was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Carter Centerthe non-profit organization for international observation created by the former president and his late wife Rosalyn in 1982, shortly after leaving the White House after a single mandate.
Although from the NGO They have not given details about whether the vote was for the Democratic candidate, in August, Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson, assured that His grandfather had “never in his life” voted Republican and that he was trying to make it to this month of October alive to vote for Harris.
Carter has been receiving palliative care at his home in Plains, Georgia, since February 2023, although he suffers from cancer for more than a decade. The last time Carter could be seen was on his 100th birthday, confined to a wheelchair and surrounded by his family.
Last August, Jason Carter, one of the former president’s grandchildren, said that his grandfather had conveyed to him his wish to stay alive long enough to vote for Harris in the next elections, in which the former president is measured donald trump.
