America’s five living presidents expected to gather at Jimmy Carter’s funeral
Expected at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral are the five living men who have also served as president: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
There are also incoming, current and former vice presidents, including JD Vance, Kamala Harris, Al Gore, Mike Pence —and of course Biden, who served alongside Obama.
Biden and his wife Jill took their seats next to Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff. There were no visible greetings, but the former presidents were all together in a private room ahead of their entrances into Washington National Cathedral.
Obama took his seat next to Trump, chatting with his successor in office, who did not stand to greet him but shook hands. They were engaged in conversation as Harris entered the cathedral.
Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence shook hands as the president-elect took his seat with wife Melania, just in front of his former vice president.
One of the dignitaries missing from the former president lineup is Michelle Obama.
Ahead of the funeral, CNN reported that the former first lady had a scheduling conflict and remained in Hawaii, where she had been on an “extended vacation.”