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,

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 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.

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

Ted was only made aware of the eulogy after his father passed in 2021, and will speak at Carter's funeral service on Thursday in the nation's Capital. The final eulogy is still be

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

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.

Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, died in 2021​ but he left behind a eulogy that his son Ted will read at the service.

GOLDEN VALLEY, MINN. – The son of former Vice President Walter Mondale will speak Thursday at the funeral for President Jimmy Carter. Ted Mondale says he will deliver a eulogy for President Carter that was written by his father nearly a decade ago. The Carter Center asked Ted to represent the Mondale family at the state funeral.

Ted Mondale, son of former Vice President Walter Mondale, Jill Stuckey, Carter National Historical Park Superintendent, and historian Jon Meacham join Andrea Mitchell to reflect on the extraordinary life of President Jimmy Carter.

As may now be apparent, I disagree with my colleague Michael Sean Winters who wrote that James Earl Carter Jr. was a failed politician. It is a mistake to equate Carter's nonelection with being a political failure.