Jimmy Carter Funeral Live Updates: Former US president honored in Washington

A statue of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the Georgia State Capitol grounds, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. December 31, 2024. REUTERS/Octavio Jones Jimmy Carter was a Democrat who became the 39th U.S. president in January 1977 after defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford in the 1976 election. Born James Earl Carter Jr. on Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, he was one of four children of a farmer and shopkeeper. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and served in the nuclear submarine program before leaving to...