I t was the summer of 2015 when former president Jimmy Carter revealed a dire diagnosis: melanoma had spread to his liver and ...

but the Jimmy Carter who sprang from obscurity to the White House had magic. His piercing blue eyes. His big-toothed smile that became a trademark on campaign posters. His ease with the different ...

A poster depicting former president Jimmy Carter holding then 4-year-old Maura Sammon during a campaign stop in Lackawanna County in 1976. (COURTESY OF THE JIMMY CARTER NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE ...

FILE – Democratic presidential hopeful, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, right, holds a poster as he mingles with the crowd during a campaign visit in Williamsport, Pa., April 24, 1976. (AP Photo, ...

President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects on Wednesday as President Jimmy Carter lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda as part of state funeral rites.