Former President Jimmy Carter was eulogized by Steve Ford, the son of late President Gerald Ford, who shared a close friendship with Carter despite their political rivalry.

"They flew over together," says Carter historian Douglas Brinkley. "And Nixon had to break the ice. There was frostiness between Ford and Carter. And it was Richard Nixon who was the jovial one ...

Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford may have started as political rivals, but they formed a tight bond behind the scenes, a former White House staffer tells PEOPLE. Their connection would span dec ...

Nixon — Mr. Ford as the vice president who succeeded Mr. Nixon when he resigned in 1974, and Mr. Carter as the Democrat who rode public outrage at the Watergate scandal to victory in 1976.

The funeral of former president Jimmy Carter featured a eulogy from the late former president Gerald Ford, the Republican he ...

It is unusual for five current and former presidents to gather at the same event, but when it happens, it is often at a funeral.

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.

Carter’s big break came in Florida on March 9, 1976, when he soundly defeated segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace in a ...

"President Reagan makes available the plane to go over to carry Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter - three former presidents, all of whom had worked on Middle Eastern peace," Whitney said.

From left are President George H.W. Bush and former Presidents Reagan, Carter, Ford and Richard Nixon. “This is probably one of my better-known photographs,” Kennerly said. “It's the first ...

Carter was critical of Ford for pardoning Richard Nixon and scored more in their three debates, especially when Ford inexplicably insisted there was no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.