We had a great celebration of his birthday, Josh said.

On his actual birthday we went down to see him, he continued.

It was my family, a lot of my cousins.

Former President Jimmy Carter

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He had a houseful of his kids, his grandkids, his great-grandkids.

Josh added that it was the great-grandkids who blew out the candles on the patriarchs birthday cake.

Jimmy is the first president in United States history to reach 100 years of age.

“The thing he wanted was the thing he got, Josh toldPeople.

But, he added, God had other plans.