Former president Jimmy Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, died in 2021 but left behind a eulogy that his son Ted read at Carter's memorial service Thursday morning.

Ted Mondale, eldest son of former Vice President Walter Mondale, reads his fathers words written for former President Jimmy Carter's funeral.

When former president Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with brain cancer almost a decade ago, he asked Walter Mondale, his vice president and lifelong friend, to write a eulogy for his funeral. But as fate would have it,

Ted Mondale was a young adult when his father, Minnesotan Walter Mondale, became President Jimmy Carter’s vice president.

Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral was a somber time of remembrance, but also a celebration of a century of life, well-lived.

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.

Former President Ford and former Vice President Mondale had their eulogies read at the state funeral of former President Carter years after passing away.

Mondale, Carter's Vice President and close confidant, penned the tribute when Carter was diagnosed with cancer that spread to his brain in 2015.

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

Ted Mondale quoted his father recalling “Carter was a man of his word.” The Joint Service Body Bearer Team prepares to move the casket of former President Jimmy Carter into the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 7, 2025. Carter ...

PAUL — Walter Mondale wrote a eulogy for Jimmy Carter 10 years ago. On Thursday, Jan. 9, his son read it at the state funeral service for Carter at the Washington National Cathedral. Ted Mondale ...

A eulogy written by former President Gerald Ford was shared at former President Jimmy Carter ... Walter Mondale, also had a eulogy he wrote for Carter read by his son, Ted Mondale.