“My grandparents have always been the entertainers,” Josh toldPeoplein August of 2023.
“But now we’re kind of the ones having to entertain.
Its different, it’s just a different era.”
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I think the beautiful thing is that they are still together."
“They are still holding hands, he added, it’s just amazing.”
The Carters, who first met as youngsters, married on July 7, 1946.
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They shared four children, 11 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
“We have grown closer to each other.
Weve learned from each other.
And we have learned to accommodate each others idiosyncrasies,” he shared.
“And weve learned how to give each other plenty of space.
We can each do our own thing and the other one absent.”
Jimmy, the longest-livedpresident in U.S. history, turned 100 on October 1, 2024.
