 On May 22, 1986, Carney announced that he would not seek reelection as his unpopularity was rising due to his support of the construction of the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant.After leaving the House of Representatives Carney was given a position on the American Security Council Foundation that paid $100,000 per year.In 2013, he contracted prostate cancer and later died from it on May 22, 2017, in Washington, D.C.