Carter celebrates 98th birthday

Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, turned 98 Saturday, a milestone he shared with family and friends in Plains, the tiny Georgia town where he and his wife, 95-year-old Rosalynn, were born in the years between World War I and the Great Depression.

Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson now leading the Carter Center board, described his grandfather as content with his life and legacy.

“He is looking at his 98th birthday with faith in God’s plan for him,” the younger Carter, 47, said, “and that’s just a beautiful blessing for all of us to know, personally, that he is at peace and happy with where he has been and where he’s going.”

Jason Carter said his grandfather mostly looked forward to watching his favorite Major League Baseball team, the Atlanta Braves, on television.