Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter turns 100 years old.

Former United States President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) turned 100 years old this Tuesday, making history as the first president of the northern nation to reach that age.

"Not everyone reaches 100 years in this world, and when someone does and uses that time to do so much good for so many people, they deserve to be celebrated," reports AP on statements by Jason Carter, grandson of the former president and leader of the board of the Carter Center.

The Carter Center recalled it this way: "No other president of the United States has lived as long or done as much good for so many people after leaving office," they wrote on X.

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, humanist, and defender of democracy, Carter was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. He held various local positions before becoming the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.

Two years later, he was elected as the 39th president of the United States until 1981. The following year, he and his wife Rosalynn founded the Carter Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving lives by promoting democracy, conflict resolution, and the elimination of preventable diseases.

For more than the past year, the former president has received home palliative care. “These last 19 months, now that he has been receiving palliative care, have been an opportunity for our family to reflect,” said his grandson in the interview mentioned, “and for the rest of the country and the world to reflect on him. It has been a truly rewarding time,” he added.

Various personalities from American politics have sent congratulatory messages to Jimmy Carter. Among them is his friend, the current president Joe Biden, who had a large sign placed at the White House that says "Happy birthday, President Carter."

"He has always been a moral force for our nation and for the world (and) a dear friend of Jill, mine, and our family," Biden mentioned about Carter in a tribute video recorded in front of Carter's presidential portrait in the White House.

The vice president and current electoral candidate Kamala Harris also sent a message from her official account to congratulate what she referred to as a "dear friend."

For his part, former President Barack Obama (2009-2017) thanked for "his friendship, his fundamental decency, and his incredible acts of service through the Carter Center," and added that "Michelle and I are grateful for all he has done for this country."

Publicly, former president Carter was last seen last year during the funeral of his wife, who passed away in November at the age of 96.