Thursday's service will cap off six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. After the funeral, Carter will return to Georgia to be buried in his hometown of Plains, next to his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.

Biden said in 2023 that Carter, who at the time was receiving hospice care, had asked him to deliver his eulogy after his death. Catch up quick: Carter's body arrived in D.C. on Tuesday and was taken to the U.S. Capitol in a horse-drawn caisson.