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Jimmy Carter<\/strong><\/a> is not dead, contrary to recent rumors.<\/p>\n After the former U.S. President, 99, was the target of a death hoax, his doctor set the record straight.<\/p>\n “I can confirm that the reports out there are not true,” Dr. Michael Raines<\/strong>, the Carter family’s physician, told Georgia TV station WALB<\/a> in comments posted July 23. “He is doing as well as can be expected being in hospice, but he has not passed away.”<\/p>\n The death hoax comes more than a year after Carter entered hospice care<\/a> at his Georgia home. His doctor said the retired politician “has not had any significant health issues in the last three or four weeks. Or since the last time I saw him, and I am on the way there today to reevaluate him and make my usual visit with him.”<\/p>\n The death rumors began after a photo of an official-looking fake letter stating Carter had \u201cpassed away\u201d at his home on July 23 was shared on X. The creator of the post<\/a> had themselves admitted the letter was fake after it went viral hours later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n