Grandchildren Jason Carter and James Carter IV have continued the family's legacy, with Jason serving as chairman of The Carter Center’s board and James gaining attention for a pivotal video in the 2012 presidential race.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former President Jimmy Carter is being honored with a state funeral Thursday in Washington, D.C. All five living current and former presidents were in attendance, but only four first ladies. Former first lady Michelle Obama did not join her husband, former president Barack Obama, at the ceremony.

All five living presidents will be present to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter during his funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning.

President Jimmy Carter's funeral is Jan. 9, which was declared a national day of mourning. The stock market and post office will be impacted.

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter will continue to lie in state after his remains arrived in Washington a day earlier as part of state funeral rites

The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is transferred to a horse-drawn caisson at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, where Carter will lie in state.

As a member of the elite, informal club of U.S. presidents past and present, Jimmy Carter was uniquely positioned to do important work for his successors, whether Democrat or Republican