Two months ago, Jason Carter, grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, reported to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the aging president had told his family he wanted to live long enough to cast his vote for Kamala Harris. Carter turned 100 on October 1st, making him the oldest former U.S. president in American history.

Early voting begins in Carter’s home state of Georgia on Tuesday, meaning Carter has achieved his goal and made it long enough to vote for Vice President Harris.

Jason Carter told the Journal-Constitution in August that the former president is “more alert and interested in politics and the war in Gaza.

” In June, Jason told reporters that Carter was no longer awake every day, and was “experiencing the world as best he can as he continues through this process.” The former president voted in the Georgia primary in May.

Carter has been in hospice care since February of 2023 after receiving treatment for metastatic brain cancer. Carter’s wife of 77 years, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter passed away in November.