Among some of the unexpected distinctions that have popped up in social media threads after seeing old photos of Carter is he was a hottie.

Remember former President Jimmy Carter's run for governor in 1966? FOX 5 I-Team reporter Johnny Edwards spoke to the son of his opponent, Garland Byrd. Take a look back at their historic campaigns.

The little-known former Georgia governor tied for 12th in early polling, but he had the right plan to win the 1976 presidential primary.

Jimmy Carter wrote many of his books at a log cabin in the north Georgia mountains, where he fished, hiked and was known to the locals as 'a regular guy.'

President Jimmy Carter is remembered as a voice for democracy through election monitoring efforts both globally and within the United States.

Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter waves to a crowd gathered in Atlanta, Dec. 12, 1974, where he announced that he is a Democratic candidate for the presidency ... smiles as Soviet President and Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev, center, jokes around him outside ...

Former President Jimmy Carter ... a presidential campaign came up, Carter confidently confirmed he would be running. When Carter entered the Democratic Party presidential primaries in 1976 ...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States who started the Department of Education and the Department of Energy, has died at the age of 100.

The president, president-elect and longstanding lawmakers were among those to offer condolences after hearing of Carter’s death.

MLK's daughter spoke to Newsweek about the different trajectories of two Georgia natives, and how they aligned in the fight for ciivl rights.

Mr. Carter witnessed a shift from what had been a solidly Democratic South to one that Republicans, supported by white voters and particularly evangelicals, came to dominate.