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.

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 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.

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

Gerald Ford’s son Steve Ford read his father's eulogy for Jimmy Carter at Thursday's funeral service, drawing a few smiles, laughs, and tears.

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.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and all living former presidents attended the funeral, including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Both President-elect Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence also attended, marking the first time the pair were in the same room in four years.

“Jimmy Carter’s friendship taught me ... Ted Mondale, son of Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, read the eulogy written by his late father. Though he and Carter only had four years in the Oval Office, Carter “achieved so much in that time ...

ST. 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.