“I miss him”: Biden honours Jimmy Carter with eulogy at funeral

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, was honoured Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his Georgia hometown. President Joe Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s 1976 campaign, eulogized his fellow Democrat a little more than a week before he leaves office. “Today many think he was from a bygone era, but in reality he saw well into the future," said Biden, who added that he missed him. "But I take solace in knowing that he and his beloved Rosalynn are reunited once again.” All of Carter’s living successors attended the Washington funeral, including President-elect Donald Trump, who paid his respects in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday. The rare gathering of commanders in chief offered an unusual moment of comity for the nation in a factionalized, hyper-partisan era, and they met privately before the service began. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10950064/jimmy-carter-funeral-washington/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #JimmyCarter #JoeBiden