FILE -  Former US President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter arrive at the US Capitol in Washington before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States in Washington, DC, USA, 20 January 2017. EPA
FILE – Former US President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter arrive at the US Capitol in Washington before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States in Washington, DC, USA, 20 January 2017. EPA

Atlanta – Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, are marking their 73rd wedding anniversary, approaching George and Barbara Bush as the longest-married presidential couple in U.S. history.

The Carters married July 7, 1946, in a Methodist church in their hometown of Plains, Georgia, when he was 21 and she was 18.

The Bushes wed Jan. 6, 1945. They had been married 73 years and 111 days when Barbara Bush died in April 2018.

WAGA-TV reports that on Valentine’s Day this year, the Carters were caught on the “Kiss Cam” at the Atlanta Hawks game. The Carters have three sons, one daughter, eight grandsons, three granddaughters and two great-grandsons.

Carter, a Democrat, was president 1977-81. He is 94.

George H.W. Bush, a Republican, was president 1989-93. He was 94.

As reported by Vos Iz Neias