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And on October 1, Carter will turn 91.

“I was just completely at ease”. “It’s in the hands of God”, he said. And I will be prepared for anything that comes. He said other family members may have to represent him there.

Ahead of a news conference for Jimmy Carter to publicly discuss his recent cancer diagnosis for the first time, his family has gathered and a single chair is placed behind a cloth-covered table, presumably for the former president to give his remarks.

I have got thousands of friends and I have had an exciting and adventurous and gratifying existence, ‘ Carter said.

Carter has melanoma that has spread to his liver and brain, he announced August 20.

You don’t have to be a doctor to know it’s an uphill battle for President Carter, who began radiation treatment following his news conference. The drug, and a similar treatment called Opdivo from Bristol-Myers Squibb, are part of a promising class of drugs that...