Meet Jimmy Carter’s swole grandson, Hugo Wentzel: the 25-year-old is a natural bodybuilder and former reality TV star, and he has designs on being ‘future president’
Growing up as the grandson of the 39th US president, Wentzel enjoyed rare privileges like international trips and opening the Panama Canal – the youngest to ever do so
On December 29, 2024, just months after celebrating his milestone hundredth birthday, the 39th US president and 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jimmy Carter, passed away. He is survived by his four offspring – Jack, Chip, Jeff and Amy – 11 grandkids, and 14 great-grandchildren.
Ahead of the late ex-president’s state funeral, scheduled for January 9, one of his grandsons, Hugo Wentzel, is opening up about his final days.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, the 25-year-old shared that his grandfather, whom he calls “Papa”, had limited range of motion and speech towards the end of his life in home hospice care in Plains, Georgia. The lifelong humanitarian had been living with stage IV melanoma and lost his wife, Rosalynn Carter, who was diagnosed with dementia, in November 2023. Still, Wentzel, son of Amy Carter and James Wentzel, insists the longest-living former president was “happy with what he got to accomplish, the people he could help in his life”.
So, what else do we know about Hugo Wentzel, who refers to himself as “future president” on Instagram?
What was Hugo Wentzel’s childhood like?
As the grandson of a former US president, Wentzel had anything but an ordinary childhood. In an Instagram tribute to his Papa, he recalled spending time with him at school while the secret service was on standby. He also had other presidential privileges like trips to Turkey and Nicaragua, and opening the Panama Canal at a younger age than anyone else. At the same time, he also learned life skills like fly fishing, hunting and cooking from the ex-POTUS, per Wentzel’s Instagram. The two would even cut down their own Christmas trees together.
What does Hugo Wentzel do for work?
