The late President Gerald Ford wrote a eulogy for his good friend President Jimmy Carter, which his youngest son Steven Ford read at the National Cathedral in a moving moment during Carter’s funeral.

President Biden will deliver a eulogy, and tributes written by Gerald Ford and Walter Mondale will be read by their sons.

Steven Ford delivers a eulogy written for Jimmy Carter by his late father, former President Gerald Ford.Jan. 9, 2025

Former President Gerald Ford and former Vice President Walter Mondale have passed away, but wrote eulogies for Carter's funeral before their deaths.

Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford may have started as political rivals, but they formed a tight bond behind the scenes, a former White House staffer tells PEOPLE. Their connection would span dec

Steve Ford, the son of President Gerald Ford, read a tribute t Jimmy Carter written by the late Gerald Ford. Jimmy Carter died in December at age 100. He was the 39th president of the United States. President Ford died in 2006.

Steve Ford, son of former President Gerald Ford, read a eulogy to former President Jimmy Carter written by his father before his 2006 death. Both presidents had agreed to eulogize each other, knowing that one would have to entrust the delivery to someone else, Steve Ford said.

Gerald Ford’s son Steve Ford read his father's eulogy for Jimmy Carter at Thursday's funeral service, drawing a few smiles, laughs, and tears.

Gerald Ford won’t be the only person speaking beyond the grave. Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, also had a eulogy he wrote for Carter read by his son, Ted Mondale. Walter Mondale died in 2021 at the age of 93. He was born four years after Carter.

The funeral of former president Jimmy Carter featured a surprise eulogy from the late former president Gerald Ford, the Republican he ousted from the presidency in a bitter 1976 race but went on to befriend in the kind of Washington relationship that now seems like a relic of a bygone era.

Former President Jimmy Carter was eulogized by Steve Ford, the son of late President Gerald Ford, who shared a close friendship with Carter despite their political rivalry.