Jimmy Carter’s grandson says his life is near an end in update [Video]

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter’s condition remains “essentially” unchanged since entering hospice care more than a year ago, according to his grandson Jason Carter.

But the younger Carter, who chairs the board of trustees at The Carter Center, said that the 39th president is “really coming to the end, but he knows he’s not in charge, and we don’t know when that will be.”

“He’s been in this situation now in hospice for more than a year, and it’s amazing because when he first went into hospice, we thought we had a matter of days with him,” Jason said.

“Obviously, he’s mourned the passing of his wife of 77 years, which is just an unbelievable thing,” he added.

But Jason said his grandfather’s spirit remain strong.

“He turned 99 last year, and he’s been in this hospice situation for so long, and he’s so severely limited physically that we’ve all been worried that he’s miserable,” Jason shared. …