Jimmy Carter, now 100, was married to Rosalynn Carter for 77 years. Here’s a timeline of their relationship.

• Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter were married for 77 years before her death in November 2023.
• It makes them the longest-married presidential couple in US history.
• They were both from Plains, Georgia, and knew each other since Rosalynn was a newborn.

Jimmy Carter was 3 years old and Rosalynn Smith was a baby when they met for the first time.

They were the longest-wed presidential couple in history, married for 77 years until Rosalynn Carter’s death on November 19, 2023, at the age of 96.

“The best thing I ever did was marrying Rosalynn,” the former president said in a 2015 interview at his nonprofit, The Carter Center, shared by C-SPAN. “That’s the pinnacle of my life.”

“Though we faced extraordinary responsibilities and lived a life we could have never, ever dreamed of, we are first and always Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter from Plains, Georgia,” Rosalynn wrote in her 1984 autobiography, “First Lady From Plains.”

In February 2023, Jimmy Carter, then 98, entered hospice care at their home in Plains, Georgia, where they’ve lived since 1962. Despite receiving end-of-life care for over a year, Jimmy Carter turned 100 on Tuesday, becoming the only president in US history to reach the advanced age.

Here’s a timeline of the Carters’ relationship.