13 Memorable Photos of Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter with Their Family — in Honor of His 100th Birthday

Before Jimmy Carter ever stepped into the Oval Office as president, he was just Dad to his four kids.

The former president, who turns 100 on Oct. 1, 2024, welcomed sons John William "Jack," 76; James Earl "Chip," 72; Donnel Jeffrey "Jeff," 71; and daughter Amy Lynn, 55, with his late wife, Rosalynn Carter, over the course of their 77-year-marriage.By 2015, the couple had 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

As we commemorate Carter's milestone birthday, take a look at some memorable moments the former commander in chief shared with his family — from their days as the first family of Georgia to holding each other close as they said goodbye to Rosalynn in 2023.

The couple perused some literature in this undated shot seemingly taken before their daughter Amy — who came 15 years after Jeff — joined the family.

In this snap taken sometime in the late '70s, Jimmy and Rosalyn happily pose with their family and extended family.

Even for the first family, getting your kids or grandkids to sit still can be hard. The Carters smiled on as one tot clearly had other plans while in the middle of a family photoshoot.

While still the governor of Georgia, Carter and his son Chip had a backstage chat with Capricorn Records President Phil Walden at The Marshall Tucker Band benefit concert in Atlanta in 1975.

Jimmy and Rosalynn were surrounded by loved ones when they became the "first family of the Democratic Party" back in 1976. The couple shared a kiss while surrounded by Jimmy's mother, Lillian, and their kids Amy, Jack, Jeff and his wife, Annette.

The Carters played with their dau -

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ghter Amy in this black and white photo from 1976.

As the youngest of the Carters' four children, Amy was a tween and young teenager during her dad’s presidency. Here, she poses with her parents in December 1976 in Plains, Ga., just before Carter was inaugurated into office.

While her older brothers would have been out of the house by the time President Carter came into office, Amy was still a child when her family moved into the White House and is seen here hanging out with her dad in the Oval Office in 1978.

Carter was supported by his wife, Rosalynn, and children Chip, Amy and Jeff at the 1980 Democratic National Convention as he was on the campaign trail for his second term as president. Carter would go on to lose to Ronald Reagan in the election later that year.

The father-daughter duo posed for a photo during a shoot for their 1995 children's book, The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer in Plains, Ga.

Starting in the 1980s, the Carters were heavily involved in Habitat for Humanity as volunteers. Part of their efforts have included the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project which has built over 4,000 homes. In 2005, the former president was joined by his children Amy and Jeff to work on a project for the organization.

Following her death on Nov. 19 at age 96, Rosalynn Carter was honored with a memorial service in the family’s home state of Georgia. Moving images from the ceremony included two of their children, Chip and Amy, tending to their father.

In another image, Chip is seen giving his dad, then 99, a kiss on the head.

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