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 ...

A eulogy written by former President Gerald Ford was shared at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral — even though Ford has ...

It turns out that Carter and former President Gerald Ford, the man he defeated to gain the White House, became close friends after Carter was defeated by Ronald Reagan in 1980. They mutually ...

The funeral of former president Jimmy Carter featured a eulogy from the late former president Gerald Ford, the Republican he ousted from the presidency in a bitter 1976 race but went on to ...

It was 1976, during Carter’s first debate with President Gerald Ford, and Kennerly was not a fan of the Georgia governor who had seemingly come out of nowhere to win the Democratic nomination.

At Thursday’s national funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral, Steve Ford delivered a touching eulogy prepared years ago by his father, former ...

In their first debate, the sound system failed and they stood frozen at their lecterns for 27 minutes, not saying a single word to each other. And so, of course, rhetoric was hurled often and ...

Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford faced off in 1976 in a bitter campaign but later bonded as few presidents have — and made a pact to speak at each other’s funerals. By Peter Baker Peter Baker ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter and the man he beat for president, Gerald Ford, got so tight after office that their friendship became a kind of buddy movie, complete with road trips that were never ...

Before President Jimmy Carter is laid to rest, his colleagues and loved ones are honoring his life. And that includes the late President Gerald Ford, who had made an agreement with President ...

Steve Ford, Gerald Ford's son, read his late father's eulogy for Jimmy Carter at the former president's funeral. The tribute explained how the two former rivals became friends after their ...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died Sunday at the age of 100. Though he served only one term in ...