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President Joe Biden appeared alongside president-elect Donald Trump and other former presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton at Jimmy Carter's funeral on Thursday.

All five of the living US presidents have been pictured together at the funeral of Jimmy Carter.

The 39th US president died at the age of 100 on 29 December, in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

President Joe Biden gave a eulogy to his fellow Democrat at the state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral.

He appeared alongside president-elect Donald Trump and other former presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton and their respective spouses.

  Front row L-R: Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris, Douglas Emhoff. Second row L-R: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Melania Trump
Image: Front row L-R: Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris, Douglas Emhoff. Second row L-R: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, George W Bush, Laura Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Melania Trump
Front row, from left, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff and second row from left, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump, stand during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Vice president Kamala Harris, who lost the 2024 election to Mr Trump, was also seated with the group alongside her husband.

It's the first time the Democrat nominee has been seen with the president-elect since the US election, and after she certified Mr Trump's election win on Monday.

Former President Barack Obama, right, former President George W. Bush, left, and Laura Bush, center, arrive before the State Funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Before the service, Mr Trump was also seen shaking hands with former vice president Mike Pence - the first time the pair have been seen in public together since leaving the White House in 2021.

Prior to that, Mr Pence had refused to back Mr Trump's claim he had won the 2020 election.

Former Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
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Image: Pic: Reuters

Mr Obama and Mr Trump were also seen talking before the service began.

Read more:How the presidents interacted at the funeral

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The last time the five were gathered together was in 2018 at the funeral of George HW Bush.

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During his eulogy, Mr Biden said Mr Carter taught him the importance of treating "everyone with dignity and respect."

"To young people, to anyone in search of meaning and purpose, study the power of Jimmy Carter's example," the president said. "Character, faith, love - a true patriot."

Joshua Carter, the former president's grandson, also said at the service: "He built houses for people who needed homes.

"He eliminated diseases in forgotten places. He waged peace anywhere in the world, wherever he saw a chance. He loved people."

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Image: Pic: Reuters

From 4 January, Mr Carter's body was carried by a motorcade through Plains, before heading to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta.

The former president's remains were then flown to Maryland and transferred in a ceremony to a hearse, which was carried in a motorcade to the US Navy Memorial in Washington to honour Mr Carter's service as a lieutenant in the Navy.

He has since been lying in state at the Capitol Building, where the public could pay respects from Tuesday evening through to Thursday morning

Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburghtalks with Justin Trudeau before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter.
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Image: Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also attended. Pic: AP

Mr Carter's body will now be returned to his hometown in Georgia for a second service and burial.

There, a private ceremony will be held at Maranatha Baptist Church before another procession through Plains, where supporters are being encouraged to line the streets for the motorcade.

Mr Carter will then be buried on his property next to his late wife, Rosalynn, who died in 2023.

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