Jimmy Carter wheeled out to watch military flyover in Georgia as he celebrates 100th birthday with friends and family

Despite his grandson saying he was 'limited' as he turned 100, Jimmy Carter spent his day successful nan sunshine enjoying a subject flyover astatine his Georgia home. 

Carter - nan first American president to scope nan period people - was capable to watch a flyover of 4 F-18 jets and respective vintage planes that graced nan skies complete Plains, Georgia arsenic portion of nan town's celebrations.

He was besides feted astatine Plains High School, wherever Carter graduated successful 1941 and which now serves arsenic nan visitant halfway for nan nationalist parkland that features sites from his early life, including nan adjacent peanut workplace wherever he grew up.

On Tuesday evening, nan schoolhouse held a performance successful grant of nan president, and successful nan morning, a naturalization ceremonial for 100 caller US citizens, who placed hands complete their hearts and recited nan promise of allegiance.

Carter's grandson Jason issued a concerning update connected nan erstwhile president's wellness arsenic he celebrates, but revealed who he wished to ballot for successful nan upcoming statesmanlike election. 

Speaking to CBS Mornings, Jason Carter - who followed successful his grandfather's footsteps successful becoming a leader - said that nan 39th erstwhile president is 'very constricted successful what he tin do' and that he 'can't talk connected nan phone'. 

But Jason besides shed ray connected who his grandfather, who is nan longest lived successful U.S. history and now nan first to go a centenarian, will ballot for successful nan upcoming statesmanlike election.  

'When we asked him was he excited astir his 100th birthday, he said 'I'm excited astir that but I'm really excited to ballot for Kamala Harris',' aft he reportedly told his grandchildren that his caller purpose was to scope Election Day, aft having been pursuing nan election. 

The erstwhile president and erstwhile Georgia Governor's ballot could beryllium important arsenic Georgia is simply a cardinal plaything authorities which polls show is connected a knife-edge betwixt Harris and statement nominee Donald Trump. 

Jason had besides told nan New York Times that nan ex-president had formed a 'real individual kinship' pinch Harris and that he was 'compelled by her communicative arsenic a existent illustration of nan American dream'. 

To people Carter's landmark birthday, his hometown of Plains, Georgia will observe pinch a flyover by subject jets and a concert. 

The updates astir Carter travel aft he went into hospice attraction past year, erstwhile it was believed he only had days to live. 

His past nationalist quality was astir a twelvemonth agone astatine nan ceremonial of his woman Rosalynn. The brace were nan longest-married first mates having been wed 77 years. 

They met erstwhile nan erstwhile president was conscionable 3 years aged and Rosalynn was a newborn. 

According to his family, he had a 'low period' aft that but has now perked up,and now spends his clip listening to Bob Dylan and watching baseball. 

Jason said nan 100th day celebrations were not thing nan family expected to spot erstwhile his grandma died.

'We frankly didn't deliberation he was going to spell connected overmuch longer,' Jason said. 'But it's a religion travel for him, and he's really fixed himself complete to what he feels is God's plan. He knows he's not successful charge. But successful these past fewer months, especially, he has gotten a batch much engaged successful world events, a batch much engaged successful politics, a batch more, conscionable engaged, emotionally, pinch each of us.' 

The Democrat served 1 statesmanlike word from 1977 to 1981 and past worked much than 4 decades starring nan Carter Center, which he and his woman founded successful 1982 to 'wage peace, conflict disease, and build hope'.

In 2022, he was awarded nan Nobel Peace Prize for his activity trying to find solutions to world conflicts. 

Last period his representatives were forced to contradict claims he had died aft a clone missive was posted connected X.