(FILES) Former US President Jimmy Carter speaks to reporters in Jerusalem on January 18, 1996. – Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981, has died, his nonprofit foundation said on December 29, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Jimmy Carter was “a man of principle, faith and humility,” President Joe Biden said on Sunday, after the former US leader died at age 100.
“America and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian,” Biden and his wife Jill said in a statement, in which he also announced there would be a state funeral for Carter, a Democrat who served from 1977-1981.
“For anyone in search of what it means to live a life of purpose and meaning — the good life — study Jimmy Carter, a man of principle, faith, and humility.”
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