Biden, 80, made the apparent gaffe during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. while speaking about the health of Carter, who entered hospice care on Feb. 19.
President Biden revealed on Monday that former President Jimmy Carter has asked him to deliver his eulogy when he dies, before recognizing that he “shouldn’t say that.”
Biden, 80, made the apparent gaffe during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. while speaking about the health of Carter, who“I spent time with Jimmy Carter and it’s finally caught up with him, but they found a way to keep him going for a lot longer than they anticipated because they found a breakthrough,” Biden told the audience of some 40 guests,“He asked me to do his eulogy,” Biden said, before catching himself and adding, “Excuse me, I shouldn’t say that.
Biden’s comments on the 98-year-old former president’s condition came near the end of his speech, as he heralded his cancer moonshot initiative and called for more funding for the– which supports the development of high-impact research that may not be commercially viable. In August 2015, Carter, who served as the 39th president of the US from 1977 to 1981, underwent surgery to remove a mass from his liver. Later that month, he held a news conference to disclose that doctors had found melanoma, “four very small spots,” on his brain.
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