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Which former US presidents will attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral?

It is expected that the four currently living former presidents will attend Carter’s funeral which will be held in 2025.

It is expected that the four currently living former presidents will attend Carter’s funeral which will be held in 2025.
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Preparations are underway for the funeral of Jimmy Carter. The 39th President of the United States passed away at his home in Plains, Georgia where he had been receiving hospice care since 19 February, 2023.

Although little information about the funeral is yet released, it is expected that the service for the oldest and longest-lived former president will be held at Washington National Cathedral after he lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda for three days.

All four living former US presidents, Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, should be in attendance at the state funeral service. It could be the first time all the former Commanders-in-Chief of the United States have been present in the same place since December 2018 for the funeral of George HW Bush.

There had been the opportunity for them to be together in September 2022 for the memorial service in Washington DC for the late Queen Elizabeth II. However, none of them attended the service despite all being invited. Only President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were invited to the state funeral service in London.

What happened the last time the former presidents were together?

At that solemn event for the elder Bush, Carter shared a pew with Clinton, Obama and then-President Trump along with their wives. The younger Bush sat on the other side of the nave with the rest of his family.

The exchanges between the former residents of the White House, while cordial between the Bushes, Carters, Clintons and Obamas, was tense when the Trumps arrived. Given the history of Trump statements about the other presidents it is hardly surprising.

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