Jason Carter, the eldest grandchild of Jimmy Carter, will delivery one of the eulogies at the 39th US president’s state funeral service in Washington DC.

The final day of Jimmy Carter's state funeral is Thursday as his life is celebrated in Washington. Follow for updates from D.C. to Plains.

Though Jimmy Carter was a U.S. president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of a global organization, The Carter Center, to his more than one dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren, he was a grandfather first and foremost, his grandson Jason Carter told " Good Morning America ."

Grandchildren Jason Carter and James Carter IV have continued the family's legacy, with Jason serving as chairman of The Carter Center’s board and James gaining attention for a pivotal video in the 2012 presidential race.

During Thursday's National Day of Mourning, former President Jimmy Carter will be remembered at a state funeral in Washington.

FOX 5 Atlanta provided live coverage of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's state funeral for Saturday Jan. 4, 2025.

Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”

Jason Carter spoke exclusively to Good Morning America in an interview that aired Tuesday morning on Channel 2.

Jason Carter, the grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, will deliver a eulogy at his grandfather's state funeral today. "I understand the impact on the world that a single human being can have," Jason told Town & Country earlier this year.

Jimmy Carter's grandson, Jason Carter, spoke about the late president's legacy in an emotional memorial speech at the Carter Presidential Center.

President Carter previously told his son that he hoped he would live long enough to vote for Harris in the 2024 presidential election