The former first lady was notably absent from President Jimmy Carter's funeral service, as Barack Obama and Donald Trump were seated next to one another

Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton — reunited at Jimmy Carter's funeral service in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9. Obama and Trump held a long conversation at the start of the event,

The church's first two pews were filled by former presidents and their spouses, including President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, along with President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, and Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, in the front row.

Former US presidents and vice presidents attended the funeral of the 39th President Jimmy Carter on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

9:50 a.m. Trump shook hands with former Vice President Mike Pence, marking the first time the two have been seen publicly in the same room in four years. 9:50 a.m. Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrived at the funeral and were seated next to Obama.

Almost every former American president and their spouse attended Carter’s funeral, except former First Lady Michelle.

President Joe Biden was in his first term as senator for Delaware in 1977 at the time Carter was in office. Biden will be at Carter’s funeral Thursday morning to give a eulogy to the late 39th president.

President-elect Donald Trump and his former vice president, Mike Pence, were reunited for the first time since January 2021 at the funeral of the late Jimmy Carter. The handshake between the two men,

Former first lady Michelle Obama did not attend the state funeral Thursday for former President Jimmy Carter. Except for Michelle Obama, all of the living former presidents and their spouses were at the funeral,

For former president Jimmy Carter’s funeral, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well other former presidents, were joined by their spouses while Barack Obama attended solo.

Cameras inside Jimmy Carter’s funeral captured Donald Trump and Barack Obama making each other laugh as they chatted up a storm while former—and current—U.S. leaders took their seats on Thursday morning.