Jimmy Carter

A spokeswoman for former president Jimmy Carter says he won't attend the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Jimmy Carter announced Sunday that he no longer needs treatment for cancer, less than seven months after revealing he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain.

Former US President Jimmy Carter says that Guinea worm disease may soon be eradicated, which would be the most exciting accomplishment of his career, although progress is hampered by ongoing conflict in Mali and South Sudan.

Jimmy Carter's August announcement that doctors had discovered tumors on his brain came with a promise: The former U.S. president would scale back his work schedule. Months later, he sheepishly admits that hasn't happened. Carter, who celebrated his 91st birthday in October, told The Associated Press he has a good reason: He feels just fine.

The author of books on Presidents Barack Obama and Franklin Roosevelt is working on a biography of Jimmy Carter.

Plains, Georgia, plans on giving back to their resident globe-trotting former president by keeping him upbeat and entertained.

Former President Jimmy Carter is stepping back from most of his humanitarian work and surrounding himself with family as doctors target the skin cancer that showed up in his liver and brain.

With a broad smile and an upbeat attitude, former President Jimmy Carter told the world Thursday that he has cancer in his brain, and feels "perfectly at ease with whatever comes."

Surgery, drugs, radiation, comfort care. What's next for Jimmy Carter depends on how widely his cancer has spread and where, and how aggressively the 90-year-old former president wants to fight it.

Former President Jimmy Carter announced he has been diagnosed with cancer in a brief statement issued Wednesday.