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Tributes pour in for former President Jimmy Carter after he enters hospice care

Politicians, celebrities, organizations and more have been heaping praise on the one-term Democratic president who continued leading a life of public service long after he left the White House.

Online tributes have been rolling in for former President Jimmy Carter, after it was announced that the 98-year-old statesman would enter hospice care at home following a recent series of short hospital stays.

Politicians, celebrities, organizations and more have been heaping praise

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