”He is recovering well after the operation. His surgeons said that the operation went well,” writes the ex-president's organization, the Carter Center in a statement.
Carter's 91-year-old wife, Rosalynn, are with him at the hospital, according to the statement.
The now 94-year-old democrat Jimmy Carter was president number 39 in the order and sitting on the post between 1977 and 1981.
He has also been treated for skin cancer which has spread to including the liver.