Gerald Ford won’t be the only person speaking beyond the grave. Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, also had a eulogy he wrote for Carter read by his son, Ted Mondale. Walter Mondale died in 2021 at the age of 93. He was born four years after Carter.
Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral was a somber time of remembrance, but also a celebration of a century of life, well-lived.
After a family funeral, the 39th president will be buried beside his wife at their home in Plains, Ga. President Biden, one of the five living presidents who attended Mr. Carter’s state funeral earlier Thursday in Washington,
President Biden will deliver a eulogy, and tributes written by Gerald Ford and Walter Mondale will be read by their sons.
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.
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.
Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, died in 2021​ but he left behind a eulogy that his son Ted will read at the service.
Former president Jimmy Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, died in 2021 but left behind a eulogy that his son Ted read at Carter's memorial service Thursday morning.
Bill Daley, who met Jimmy Carter in 1974, with his father, Mayor Richard J. Daley, an early Carter supporter, attended the Carter state funeral and said it “combined the pomp and circumstance that goes with a presidential funeral,
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.