Jimmy Carter's grandson says tests show the former US president's cancer has gone

Jimmy Carter’s grandson says no cancer was detected the last time the former US president underwent a scan.

Jason Carter told The Associated Press in a text message that his grandfather “told me that the doctors couldn’t find any cancer in his most recent scan”. It was not clear when the scan took place.

The elder Carter apparently shared the good news before giving a Sunday School lesson at Maranatha Baptist Church in his home town of Plains, Georgia. Jill Stuckey, a church leader who was present, said Carter announced that a brain scan this week showed no cancer.