--- title: Jimmy Carter: Former President Diagnosed with Cancer description: Former President Jimmy Carter just revealed that he has been diagnosed with cancer. canonical: https://time.com/3995195/jimmy-carter-cancer/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-12T20:44:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T02:27:55.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jimmy Carter Diagnosed With Cancer og:description: The cancer was found during liver surgery og:url: https://time.com/3995195/jimmy-carter-cancer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8268b6001aca9c4d/69885efff887dc6b9ae91d89/jimmy-carter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: former president jimmy carter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Carter Diagnosed With Cancer twitter:description: The cancer was found during liver surgery twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8268b6001aca9c4d/69885efff887dc6b9ae91d89/jimmy-carter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Carter Diagnosed With Cancer  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:27 AM UTCPublished: Aug 12, 2015 8:44 PM UTC  Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter chats with reporters at the Mary Stegmaier Mansion in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on April 14, 2015. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter chats with reporters at the Mary Stegmaier Mansion in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on April 14, 2015.Christopher Dolan—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:27 AM UTCPublished: Aug 12, 2015 8:44 PM UTC Former President Jimmy Carter just revealed that he has been diagnosed with cancer. He posted [a statement](http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/carter-center-statement-081215.html) about the diagnosis on the website of The Carter Center on Wednesday. “Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body. I will be rearranging my schedule as necessary so I can undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare,” Carter wrote. “A more complete public statement will be made when facts are known, possibly next week.” Among other well-wishers, President Barack Obama called Carter to wish him a full recovery, the White House said. Vice President Joe Biden also spoke with Carter. > [](https://twitter.com/VP/status/631630490202689536) Carter, 90, was the 39th President of the United States. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3995195/jimmy-carter-cancer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3995195/jimmy-carter-cancer/"},"headline":"Jimmy Carter Diagnosed With Cancer","datePublished":"2015-08-12T20:44:10.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T02:27:55.000Z","description":"Carter was the 39th President of the United States.","url":"https://time.com/3995195/jimmy-carter-cancer/","keywords":["Cancer","Jimmy Carter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8268b6001aca9c4d/69885efff887dc6b9ae91d89/jimmy-carter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8268b6001aca9c4d/69885efff887dc6b9ae91d89/jimmy-carter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"former president jimmy carter","caption":"former president jimmy carter","creditText":"Christopher Dolan—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3995195/jimmy-carter-cancer/","name":"Jimmy Carter Diagnosed With Cancer"}}]}] ```