Former President Jimmy Carter, who is in hospice care in Georgia, has asked Joe Biden to deliver his eulogy, the president said.
President Joe Biden made announcement Monday evening before some 40 attendees to a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at a private residence in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., which is located about 25 miles north of San Diego, according to pool press reports.
“I spent time with Jimmy Carter and it’s finally caught up with him, but they found a way to keep him going for a lot longer than they anticipated because they found a breakthrough,” he said.
“He asked me to do his eulogy,” the president added before excusing himself, seemingly for making the revelation.
“Excuse me — I shouldn’t say that.”
Carter, who was president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and is the oldest living president in history at 98 years of age, decided Feb. 18 to spend his remaining days in hospice care at his Pains, Ga., home, his charity, The Carter Foundation, said in a statement Feb. 18.
Carter’s foundation said that the decision followed “a series of short hospital stays.”
Late last month, Leanne Smith, a niece of the former president, said “he’s still got some time in him.”
White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre told reporters Feb. 23 following the announcement that Carter had entered hospice care that the two presidents have had a relationship for decades.
“It goes back to 1976 when then-Gov. Carter was running for president and then-Sen. Biden was the first senator to have endorsed Jimmy at that time,” she said.
“President Carter is someone that President Biden truly respects.”
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Carter and Biden, two of the worse Presidents this country ever had.
BIDEN IS a hell of a lot worse, than Carter ever was.
I served under Carter. I can’t imagine how bad it would be under Biden. At least Carter was just a bumbling fool. Biden is yet another corrupt Democrat quisling
That’s because Carter didn’t HAVE A CABAL Of anti-american Commie lovers, advising and pulling his strings.
What he was doing is bragging — bragging that he’s the chosen one to deliver an eulogy for a dying man. There is no limit to the depth of soul less Joe.
Well that was incredibly inappropriate. Even if he was asked to share that before the man is even dead is terrible. The additional remarks about “he’s still got some time in him” and “it’s finally caught up with him” are equally out of place.
So the worst President in history is apparently going to give the eulogy for the 2nd worst president?
I’m sure President Carter thanks his lucky stars every day, that someone came along to overshadow his own dismal record of degrading the U.S. on every front!
He died knowing he was no longer our worst president in history..
Carter wants BOZO JOE to give the eulogy because he can then RIP knowing that there truly was at least ONE WORSE POTUS THAN A RIDICULOUS PEANUT FARMER FROM THE SOUTH!