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.

Here is Thursday's schedule for the final day of rites honoring Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, who died Dec. 29.

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.

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.

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.

Biden also shared a memory from his and first lady Jill Biden’s final visit with Carter, describing the former president as "at peace with a life fully lived, a good life, a purpose and meaning of character driven by the power of faith, hope and love."

Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral takes place today at Washington National Cathedral. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

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

Mondale, Carter's Vice President and close confidant, penned the tribute when Carter was diagnosed with cancer that spread to his brain in 2015.

Former President Ford and former Vice President Mondale had their eulogies read at the state funeral of former President Carter years after passing away.