 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Carter akagamuchira Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, muna 1967, iye akanyorera mumakwikwi emunyika uye mumakwikwi aJim Bush uye Juris Doctor wake muna 1972 kubva kuYunivhesiti yeCalifornia, Los Angeles uye UCLA Chikoro cheMutemo, maererano. Apedza kudzidza kukoreji, Carter akabvuma basa muUnited States Marine Corps. Akashanda muhondo yeVietnam kwaakarwa muhondo yeKhe Sanh, kugamuchira Bronze Star nokuda kwoushingi muna 1968. Akadzingwa basa nokuda kwezvirwere somutevedzeri wokutanga pashure pokugamuchira Purple Heart. 