A Sampson County native reportedly has ties to a former U.S. president. Jay Kim Carter of Clinton says he is related to the nation’s 39th president, Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, 2024.

Jay Carter, born and raised in Clinton, where he now resides, said he remembers learning that he was related to the soon-to-be-president in 1972. “My grandfather lived behind the old tobacco warehouse,” Jay Carter shared. “I remember him bringing us all together at a birthday party. He told us, ‘I want to share with all of you, you’re related to the governor of Georgia.’ At that time, a lot of us didn’t care or know anything about the governor of Georgia.”

However, in 1976, when Jimmy Carter was elected president of the United States, Jay said he remembered his grandfather telling hi

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