Former President Jimmy Carter turned 100 on Tuesday, making him the longest-lived U.S. president in the nation's history.

Reaching the century mark was not as big a deal to him, however, as casting his vote for the Democratic nominee in the upcoming election, Vice President Kamala Harris, The Independent reported.

That revelation came from members of his family who gathered together in his small hometown of Plains, Georgia, to celebrate the historic milestone birthday of the former Democratic president.

Carter is "only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris"

In August, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that former President Carter's grandson, Jason Carter, told the outlet that his elderly grandfather in recent days had become "more alert and interested in politics and the war in Gaza" between Israel and Hamas.

Asked by his son Chip about whether he was looking forward to his imminent 100th birthday, the former president reportedly replied, "I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris."

He will get the chance to do so exactly two weeks after his October 1 birthday, as the AJC noted that early voting in Georgia begins on October 15.

Cares more about the election than his birthday

Local Fox affiliate WAGA reported similarly in September that, according to Chip Carter, the former president had watched videos of the various speeches at the Democratic National Convention and was excited about the support he was seeing for VP Harris as the Democratic nominee.

Chip relayed that when asked about his approaching birthday, "He said he didn’t care about that. It’s just a birthday. He said he cared about voting for Kamala Harris."

The outlet noted that Carter participated in Georgia's Democratic primary election in May and was looking forward to sending in his mail-in ballot for the general election as soon as he could in mid-October.

Carter turns 100

CBS News reported that former President Carter's 100th birthday celebration was held Tuesday in the backyard of his home in Plains, where he was brought out in a wheelchair and surrounded by a "few dozen" family and friends and Secret Service agents to watch a flyover of military aircraft in his honor.

Former President Jimmy Carter celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends in his backyard in Plains, Georgia. CBS News was there as he was wheeled outside, beneath the shade of his trees, to witness a military flyover with four fighter jets. pic.twitter.com/FKKd6XrHL6

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Other than his attendance at a memorial service for his late wife who passed away in November, former first lady Roslynn Carter, this was the former president's first public sighting since he was placed in home hospice care in February 2023.

His resilience over the past year and a half has been remarkable, given his declining health, the loss of his beloved spouse, and the fact that he has remained alive in hospice care for 19 months when the average length for most patients is around two months.

The former president, who hailed from humble beginnings as a peanut farmer in rural Georgia, will be remembered for his lifetime of service to others as a U.S. Navy veteran, the governor of Georgia, and as a devoted humanitarian who sought peace throughout the world.