i m sara sidner in new york. jim acosta has the day off. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news here at cnn. former president jimmy carter will begin receiving hospice care at his home in plains, georgia. that is according to a statement from the carter center which says the 98-year-old has decided to spend his remaining time surrounded by his family and forego any further medical treatment. our jeff zeleny has the latest. reporter: the decision of former president jimmy carter to remain in plains, georgia, after a series of hospital stays certainly speaks to the center that this town has really been to his life. he has spent nearly all of his the 8 years in 98 years in plains, with the exception of his time in the white house and has time as a young men in the american military. plains, georgia, a town 140 miles or so south of atlanta really has been the place where this former president has done his life s work in the post presidency. he s talked abo
he s been a leader for housing, building homes himself through habitat for humanity, talking about democracy. so clearly plains, georgia, has been his lifeblood, and that is where he is choosing to remain as opposed to being sent back to the hospital. the carter center on saturday afternoon put out the news that after a series of hospital stays, he has chosen with his family to remain in plains in hospice care. we are learning from family and friends that he s comfortable, and his grandson jason carter, who s a farmer georgia state senator, ran for governor in georgia unsuccessfully, he said he visited with his grandparents on friday, and she d the house is full and he said the house is full of love. president biden, of course, has a long history with former president jimmy carter. a young senator joe biden was the first democratic senator to endorse carter s presidential candidacy all the way back in 1976. so i m told that president biden is keeping in close contact with the carter