Jimmy Carter says he's hoping to vote for Kamala Harris as 100th birthday approaches

Former US President Jimmy Carter told family that as he approaches his milestone 100th birthday this fall that he's holding on to vote in the next presidential election, Report informs via USA Today.

“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Carter told his son Chip this week, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Carter on Oct. 1 would make US history as the only president ever to live to be 100 years old. The Democratic former president has been receiving hospice care for over a year. Initially, family was told he had a matter of days to live. In 2015, the 39th president was diagnosed with cancer that had spread to his brain. In 2019, Carter broke his hip.

In recent days, Jason Carter told the Journal-Constitution that the former president is "more alert and interested in politics and the war in Gaza."

A blockbuster birthday musical gala has been planned Sept. 17 at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre to celebrate the longest-living president in US history. He won't have to wait for Election Day to vote. Early voting in Georgia begins Oct. 15.

Carter voted in the Georgia primary in May, according to family.