The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ, CBS News or Paramount Global. BOSTON - Jimmy Carter was little-known nationally when he won the presidency in 1976. But he faced an ...

During the bruising 1976 presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter called President Gerald Ford “incompetent” and his policies “morally and politically and intellectually bankrupt.” But after ...

His postpresidential greatness is what will be remembered. But he was a shrewder politician than people realize.

The 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, died nearly two weeks ago at 100 years old. His national funeral is Thursday, Jan. 9, at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Many of ...

Jimmy Carter, as politicians go, was too honest for his own good. As president, he treated the American people like adults, entrusting them with unpleasant truths. On July 15, 1979 — amid ...

When Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter entered the White House in 1977, they became the first couple since John F Kennedy to raise their children in the executive mansion on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Carter, who was born on Oct. 1, 1924, was predeceased by his wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19, 2023. The couple was married for more than 77 years. Their son Chip Carter confirmed the former ...

Everybody knows that Jimmy Carter was America’s last truly liberal president until Barack Obama. But everybody is wrong. Carter was the first in the conservative line of presidents more commonly ...

Being in the presence of Jimmy Carter was an antidote to cynicism — though the same earnestness that I admired may have also been the cause of his political undoing. The oldest-living American ...

It is often said that Jimmy Carter’s post-presidency was his finest achievement. I argue it was how this guy from Plains, Georgia, got to the White House in the first place. People forget the ...

He projected authenticity not just through his actions, but also with his uniform. By Jacob Gallagher In the 1970s, jeans weren’t considered presidential. Former President Gerald R. Ford, a ...