U.S. Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were among the guests at the State Funeral Service for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Thursday. The event was held at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
As Jimmy Carter's funeral commences, former presidents and first ladies are spotted greeting each other prior to taking their seats, except for one pair.
President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral was filled with personal stories, humorous anecdotes, highlights of the former president’s achievements and touching musical numbers.
The casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives for a state funeral at the National Cathedral, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times via AP, Pool) President Joe Biden touches the casket of former President Jimmy Carter during a state funeral service at Washington National Cathedral in Washington,
Thursday's service will cap off six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. After the funeral, Carter will return to Georgia to be buried in his hometown of Plains, next to his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.
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.
Photos at the funeral show President Joe Biden, president-elect Donald Trump and former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama and sitting in two adjacent rows. First ladies Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Jill Biden and Melania Trump were also in attendance.
Obama sat next to Trump and the two longtime political rivals chatted amiably as the dignitaries filed in for the service.
Former presidents, dignitaries, celebrities and other notable figures attended former president Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
Inside Washington National Cathedral, the five men who've occupied the Oval Office since 1993 convened for a rare moment together at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral.
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,