The official funeral Jimmy Carter is Thursday and the former president’s vice president, Walter Mondale, was asked to write and give the eulogy. But Mondale passed away before Carter, so his son Ted will deliver it in his place.

But even though Mondale died first, in 2021, he left behind the eulogy he planned to deliver, which will be read at Carter’s memorial service at Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 9 by his son Ted Mondale. Former President Gerald Ford, who died in 2006, likewise left a eulogy that will be read by his son, Steven Ford.

Before former Vice President Walter Mondale died in 2021, he left behind the eulogy he had planned to deliver. His son Ted Mondale will read it at Jimmy Carter’s memorial service at Washington National Cathedral on Jan.

Ted Mondale, son of former Vice President Walter Mondale, Jill Stuckey, Carter National Historical Park Superintendent, and historian Jon Meacham join Andrea Mitchell to reflect on the extraordinary life of President Jimmy Carter.

Carter “finally earned a different and better place in the opinion of many Americans,” Mondale said in a 2019 interview.

University of Minnesota Professor Larry Jacobs, who worked closely with Mondale, spoke with MPR News guest host Emily Reese about Mondale and Carter’s relationship.

GOLDEN VALLEY, MINN. – The son of former Vice President Walter Mondale will speak Thursday at the funeral for President Jimmy Carter. Ted Mondale says he will deliver a eulogy for President Carter that was written by his father nearly a decade ago. The Carter Center asked Ted to represent the Mondale family at the state funeral.

In his eulogy, Walter Mondale praised Carter for making human rights the linchpin of his foreign policy, for promoting environmental measures and for placing more women in high office than his predecessors, according to the newspaper. That included appointing future Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an appeals judge.

The world is reflecting on former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy after he passed away on Sunday, Dec. 29, at 100 years old.

As 39th president, Carter appointed several Minnesotans, including Bob Bergland, of Roseau, as secretary of agriculture.

Jimmy Carter’s funeral service at the National Cathedral on Jan. 9 will include a heartfelt eulogy from the grave. Walter Mondale, who was Carter’s running mate in 1976 and again in 1980 ...

Ted was only made aware of the eulogy after his father passed in 2021, and will speak at Carter's funeral service on Thursday in the nation's Capital. The final eulogy is still be