[456][457] Two years later, on March 22, 2019, he became the nation's longest-lived president, when he surpassed the lifespan of George H. W. Bush, who was 94 years, 171 days of age when Bush died in November 2018.[458]
On October 1, 2019, Carter became the first U.S. president to live to the age of 95.[459] He noted how difficult it felt to reach his 90s, the former president saying in a 2019 interview with People that he never expected to live as long as he has, claiming his secret to a long life is a good marriage.[460] He has made arrangements to be buried in front of his home at 209 Woodland Drive in Plains, Georgia. He noted in 2006 that a funeral in Washington, D.C. with visitation at the Carter Center was planned as well.[461]

Legacy
Public opinion
James Earl Carter Presidential Statue by Frederick Hart (1994)
In exit polls from the 1976 presidential election, many voters still held Ford's pardon of Nixon against him.[462] By comparison, Carter was viewed as a sincere, honest, and well-meaning southerner.