--- title: Jimmy Carter Speaks on Cancer Diagnosis in Atlanta description: Former President Jimmy Carter was expected to address his recent cancer diagnosis during a news conference in Atlanta. The Democrat, 90, earlier said the cancer... canonical: https://time.com/4004614/jimmy-carter-cancer-diagnosis/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-20T13:56:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:19:15.359Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jimmy Carter Speaks on Cancer Diagnosis in Atlanta og:description: Former President Jimmy Carter was expected to address his recent cancer diagnosis during a news conference in Atlanta. The Democrat, 90, earlier said the cancer... og:url: https://time.com/4004614/jimmy-carter-cancer-diagnosis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Carter Speaks on Cancer Diagnosis in Atlanta twitter:description: Former President Jimmy Carter was expected to address his recent cancer diagnosis during a news conference in Atlanta. The Democrat, 90, earlier said the cancer... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch LIVE: Jimmy Carter Discusses Cancer Diagnosis by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Aug 20, 2015 1:56 PM UTC by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Aug 20, 2015 1:56 PM UTC Former President Jimmy Carter was expected to address his recent cancer diagnosis during a news conference in Atlanta. The Democrat, 90, earlier said the cancer had been discovered during an operation to remove a mass from his liver. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4004614/jimmy-carter-cancer-diagnosis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4004614/jimmy-carter-cancer-diagnosis/"},"headline":"Watch LIVE: Jimmy Carter Discusses Cancer Diagnosis","datePublished":"2015-08-20T13:56:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:19:15.359Z","description":"Former President Jimmy Carter was expected to address his recent cancer diagnosis during a news conference in Atlanta. The Democrat, 90, earlier said the cancer...","url":"https://time.com/4004614/jimmy-carter-cancer-diagnosis/","keywords":["White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"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":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4004614/jimmy-carter-cancer-diagnosis/","name":"Watch LIVE: Jimmy Carter Discusses Cancer Diagnosis"}}]}] ```