Carter's foundation released a statement regarding his decision, they said, "After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.

Grandchildren Jason Carter and James Carter IV have continued the family's legacy, with Jason serving as chairman of The Carter Center’s board and James gaining attention for a pivotal video in the 2012 presidential race.

Though Jimmy Carter was a U.S. president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of a global organization, The Carter Center, to his more than one dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren, he was a grandfather first and foremost, his grandson Jason Carter told " Good Morning America ."

Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”

Carter elected to office besides Jimmy Carter himself.

Former President Jimmy Carter may have only served one term as governor, but he left his mark in many ways before leaving for Washington, even literally. With a pencil, Carter signed the desk in the governor’s ceremonial office,

Carter died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. He served in the U.S. Navy for seven years before working on the family farm and running for office in Georgia, winning the governorship in 1970. Carter, a Democrat, was elected to the White House in 1976 and served a single term.

The funeral ceremonies for former President Jimmy Carter are underway. His body was transferred from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta.

Jason Carter delivered a heartfelt eulogy for his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter, during a ceremony on Saturday.

Jimmy Carter's grandson, Jason Carter, spoke about the late president's legacy in an emotional memorial speech at the Carter Presidential Center.