Hes never given up on anything in his life and hes not going to start now.

Nobody would have guessed that the 39th president would last as long as he has.

For context, the average hospice stay among Medicare patients was 92 days in 2021.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter receives delivers a lecture

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Half of the patients spent 17 days or less.

At this point, Jason said that Jimmys continued survival is more evidence of two important things.

On a more personal level, I just think hes stubborn, Jason added with a laugh.

I mean, hes never given up on anything in his life and hes not going to start now.

Jason toldPolitically Georgiathat at this point, his grandfathers ability to interact on a particular day is pretty limited.

But most days he’s not that active, he’s going to sleep a lot of the time.

I mean, hes 100 years old.