Get a Shot of Rhythm and Blues by Richard Younger

and had a son with him, who was named after his father.īut all wasn't well with the family. She later remarried car dealer Roger Clinton Sr. died three months before he was born, leaving his mother Virginia Dell Cassidy to raise her firstborn child on her own. I refused to conform to an image that a lot of people thought a president's brother should adopt, Billy Carter said in testimony to the US Senate, according to The New York Times.īill Clinton's father William Jefferson Blythe Jr. He also promoted the now-defunct Billy Beer brand, which he reportedly hoped would make him the Colonel Sanders of beer. Gloria Carter Spann later became a motorcyclist rights activist.ĭuring Carter's political career, Billy was the subject of frequent IRS investigations and stirred controversy over his ties with Libya's regime, The New York Times reported. According to Jimmy Carter: A Character Portrait, Carter once shot his sister with a BB gun as a kid, and she later retaliated by throwing a wrench at his head. Carter was 13-years-old when Billy, the youngest of the bunch, was born, according to Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter.Ĭarter and his younger sister Gloria were competitive as children. He had younger siblings: Gloria, Ruth, and Billy. Jimmy Carter's younger brother was no stranger to controversy 'I refused to conform to an image that a lot of people thought a president's brother should adopt,' Billy Carter said in testimony to the US Senate, according to The New York Times. He also promoted the now-defunct Billy Beer brand, which he reportedly hoped would make him 'the Colonel Sanders of beer.' Ruth Carter Stapleton became a Baptist evangelist.ĭuring Carter's political career, Billy was the subject of frequent IRS investigations and stirred controversy over his ties with Libya's regime, The New York Times reported. Gloria Carter Spann later became a motorcyclist rights activist.Ĭarter's other sister took a somewhat different path. According to ' Jimmy Carter: A Character Portrait,' Carter once shot his sister with a BB gun as a kid, and she later retaliated by throwing a wrench at his head. Carter was 13-years-old when Billy, the youngest of the bunch, was born, according to ' Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter.'Ĭarter and his younger sister Gloria were competitive as children. Jimmy Carter was the first US president from the state of Georgia, as well as the first child born to James Earl Carter Sr.

Get a Shot of Rhythm and Blues by Richard Younger