As Jimmy Carter's remains are scheduled to be transported to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, here is what to know about this week's funeral schedule.
Joe Biden may have been the first U.S. senator to endorse Jimmy Carter's presidential bid. But that doesn't mean they always saw eye-to-eye.
Following former President Jimmy Carter’s death on Dec. 29, President Joe Biden declared Thursday, Jan. 9 as a National Day of Mourning in honor of the late centenarian leader. The day coincides with Carter’s scheduled state funeral in Washington,
UPDATED, with details on National Day of Mourning: President Joe Biden has ordered all U.S. flags on federal public buildings and grounds be flown at half-staff for the next 30 days to honor Jimmy Carter, who died today at age 100. Biden also set January 9 as a National Day of Mourning throughout the United States.
President Joe Biden honored former President Jimmy Carter as “an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian” after the nation's 39th commander-in-chief died on Sunday.
President Joe Biden praised his 'dear friend' Jimmy Carter after the former president died at the age of 100 at his Georgia home on Sunday.
President Joe Biden ’s suggestion that President-elect Donald Trump could learn “decency” from former president Jimmy Carter led to outrage and a meltdown on Fox News ’ Outnumbered on Monday. “It’s a shame and it’s embarrassing for Joe Biden,” Tammy Bruce, a Fox News contributor, said during the segment.
After Jimmy Carter died at age 100 on Dec. 29, 2024, politicians and world leaders including Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and King Charles paid tribute to the former president with heartfelt statements.
President Joe Biden, President-Elect Donald Trump and more high-profile elected officials on Sunday paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter, who died earlier in the day at age 100. Biden said the world lost an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian” and that he lost a dear friend.
A national Day of Mourning will take place on Jan. 9 the day of former President Jimmy Carter's official state funeral at Washington National Cathedral.
It is suggested that after a U.S. president dies, all flags should be flown at half-staff for the following 30 days. Current President Joe Biden made the flag declaration for Carter effective on the date of his death, Dec. 29. This means flags would remain at half-staff for about a week after Trump takes the oath of office Jan. 20.