As of five days ago, August 25, 2016, former President Jimmy Carter has been in retirement for 13,000 days!
Carter passed former President Herbert Hoover on September 9, 2012, as the longest retired President.
Carter will finish 36 years in retirement by Inauguration Day, January 20, 2017.
His political career before the Presidency and in the Presidency was a total of 12 years–four as a State Senator, four as Governor of Georgia, and four as President.
Carter will be 92 on October 1, and if he lives another 18 months, he would have lived longer than any President including Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, except maybe George H. W. Bush, who is about four months older, and already 92 years of age.
Carter has had cancer in the past year, but is in remission, and seems in good shape, considering his age and cancer diagnosis.
By having lived so long, he has become a legend in many ways.
Let us wish him more years of health and contribution, as he has already set a record for accomplishment as a former President, which has been a model for Bill Clinton, and for when Barack Obama is retired in 2017!