Former President Jimmy Carter fell and broke his hip Monday morning and underwent surgery to repair the fracture.
The Carter Center said the 39th U.S. president was going out turkey hunting when he fell at his home. He was hospitalized and had surgery after it was discovered that he broke a hip.
Carter, 94, was said to be "recovering comfortably" at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. Carter and his wife Rosalynn live in Plains, Georgia, roughly two-and-a-half hours south of Atlanta.
The Carter Center said the former president was disappointed to suffer a broken bone just as he was preparing to leave his home for a turkey-hunting trip during the last week of the season.
"President Carter said his main concern is that turkey season ends this week, and he has not reached his limit," the center said in a statement. "He hopes the State of Georgia will allow him to rollover the unused limit to next year."
"Wishing former President Jimmy Carter a speedy recovery from his hip surgery earlier today," President Donald Trump said on Twitter. "He was in such good spirits when we spoke last month - he will be fine!"
Carter, who was governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, served a single four-year term in the White House as the nation's 39th president. He was defeated in his re-election bid by Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980.
The former peanut farmer-turned-politician received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his humanitarian work. He disclosed in August 2015 that he had been diagnosed with a form of skin cancer called melanoma.
In 2017, Carter was briefly hospitalized after suffering dehydration during a trip to Canada.
In March, Carter became the longest-living president in U.S. history.
This report includes material from Reuters.
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