Steven Ford, the son of late President Gerald Ford, delivered the eulogy Thursday that his father had written for late President Jimmy Carter. Steven Carter reflected on Carter's death with "America Decides.

File: Former president Gerald Ford visits President Jimmy Carter at the Oval Office, May 24, 1978. (Photo by Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Steven Ford spoke at ... General view of the state funeral service for former president Jimmy Carter ...

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.

"By fate of a brief season, Jimmy Carter and I were rivals, but for the many wonderful years that followed, friendship bonded us as no two presidents since John Adams

The funeral of former president Jimmy Carter featured a 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.

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.

A national funeral service was held for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral this morning, marking the conclusion of his state funeral. Remembrance ceremonies included his lying in repose in his home state, Georgia, and later lying in state at the U.S. Capitol.