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 funeral takes place today at Washington National Cathedral. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Thursday is the final day of a six-day funeral for Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100.

Before Walter Mondale died in 2021, he wrote a eulogy for Jimmy Carter, who outlived the former vice president from Minnesota.

A state funeral for the 39th president on Thursday will bring together all five living presidents and feature a eulogy from President Biden.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, is being honored with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital. He will later be honored a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, died in 2021​ but he left behind a eulogy that his son Ted will read at the service.

The official state funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter is being held at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. Follow here for the latest live news updates.

Before former Walter Mondale died in 2021, he wrote a eulogy, which he planned to deliver for Jimmy Carter. Mondale served as Vice President during Carter's presidency, and the two men were close. His son,

When former president Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with brain cancer almost a decade ago, he asked Walter Mondale, his vice president and lifelong friend, to write a eulogy for his funeral. But as fate would have it,

At the cathedral, the Armed Forces Chorus sang the hymn “Be Still My Soul” before Carter’s casket was brought inside.