Day of mourning: What happens when a former president dies

Published May 15, 2024 5:22pm ET



Since February 2023, 100-year-old former President Jimmy Carter has been in hospice care living in his small hometown of Plains, Georgia.

Speaking at a forum last weekend, grandson Jason Carter said his grandfather is doing OK but recognized that the former president’s time is coming to an end. When Jimmy Carter dies, his funeral will be the first for a Democratic president in half a century. 

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