Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral was a somber time of remembrance, but also a celebration of a century of life, well-lived.
One of the speakers at the memorial was Ted Mondale. His late father was Carter’s vice president, Minnesotan Walter Mondale. Before Mondale’s death a few years ago, he wrote a tribute for Carter, which his son Ted read on Thursday.
Mondale, Carter's Vice President and close confidant, penned the tribute when Carter was diagnosed with cancer that spread to his brain in 2015.
Gerald Ford’s son Steve Ford read his father's eulogy for Jimmy Carter at Thursday's funeral service, drawing a few smiles, laughs, and tears.
Former President Gerald Ford and former Vice President Walter Mondale have passed away, but wrote eulogies for Carter's funeral before their deaths.
President Joe Biden spoke of his friendship with Jimmy Carter that started in 1974 when Biden was the first sitting Democratic senator to endorse the late president.
Official Washington suspended its partisan divide to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter. Here’s three of the main themes from Joe Biden’s eulogy of his long-time friend and predecessor.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and all living former presidents attended the funeral, including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Both President-elect Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence also attended, marking the first time the pair were in the same room in four years.
President Biden will deliver a eulogy, and tributes written by Gerald Ford and Walter Mondale will be read by their sons.
Thursday concluded six days of national rites that began in Plains, where Carter, a former Naval officer, engineer and peanut farmer, was born in 1924, lived most of his life and died after 22 months in hospice care.
Walter Mondale and Former President Gerald Ford's sons gave eulogies for Former President Jimmy Carter on behalf of their fathers. FOX 9's Soyoung Kim has the latest.