See their close friendship through the eyes of experts who knew it best, and through what Carter himself told 13 ON YOUR SIDE's Juliet Dragos a decade ago.
When Jimmy Carter embarked on his improbable campaign for the presidency in 1976, New Jersey was not all that keen about the Georgia peanut farmer and former governor from Plains. Carter — who entered ...
Rock stars adored him. A nascent SNL poked fun at him. But after his 1980 loss, Jimmy Carter moved on to higher callings, beyond pop culture's easy reach.
He defeated then-President Gerald R. Ford to win the presidency and served a single term from 1977 through 1981. Carter, a Democrat, lost reelection to Republican Ronald Reagan. During his term, ...