ATLANTA (AP) Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. It marks the first time the couple, 96 and 93, will have missed the ceremonies since Carter was sworn in as the 39th president in 1977.
A spokeswoman at The Carter Center in Atlanta said the Carters have sent Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris their “best wishes” and “look forward to a successful administration.”
Biden was a young Delaware senator and Carter ally during the Georgian’s term in the White House.
The Carters have spent the coronavirus pandemic mostly at their home in Plains, Georgia, where both were raised and where they returned after leaving the White House in 1981.
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Former President
The 96-year-old former President of the United States will receive the COVID-19 vaccine, his foundation confirmed Thursday (December 17).
“After consulting with his doctors,
President Carter is looking forward to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine when it is available to him,” the center said in a statement.
The news comes as Vice President
President
Donald Trump, who was recently treated for coronavirus with an antibody cocktail, will not be vaccinated until it is recommended by the White House medical team, a White House official told CNN.