10:48 a.m. Mondale’s eulogy recalled their time in the White House as a “marker for Americans dedicated to justice and decency” and how “Carter was far-sighted” and “put aside his short-term political interests to tackle challenges that demanded sacrifice.”

Former first lady Michelle Obama did not attend President Jimmy Carter's funeral at the Washington National Cathedral — and social media took note.

The former first lady was notably absent from President Jimmy Carter's funeral service, as Barack Obama and Donald Trump were seated next to one another

For former president Jimmy Carter’s funeral, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well other former presidents, were joined by their spouses while Barack Obama attended solo.

President Joe Biden was in his first term as senator for Delaware in 1977 at the time Carter was in office. Biden will be at Carter’s funeral Thursday morning to give a eulogy to the late 39th president.

9:50 a.m. Trump shook hands with former Vice President Mike Pence, marking the first time the two have been seen publicly in the same room in four years. 9:50 a.m. Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrived at the funeral and were seated next to Obama.

Carter’s funeral is the first for a president since George H.W. Bush’s in 2018, bringing a rare moment of civility to politics as all of the remaining U.S. presidents came together

Almost every former American president and their spouse attended Carter’s funeral, except former First Lady Michelle.

Former first lady Michelle Obama didn't attend the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter. Except for Michelle Obama, all of the living former presidents and their spouses were at

The church's first two pews were filled by former presidents and their spouses, including President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, along with President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, and Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, in the front row.

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, was honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown.