Jason Carter, the eldest grandchild of Jimmy Carter, will delivery one of the eulogies at the 39th US president’s state funeral service in Washington DC.

As the nation mourns the loss of former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, attention turns to the family that stood steadfastly by his side throughout his remarkable life and career.

The final day of Jimmy Carter's state funeral is Thursday as his life is celebrated in Washington. Follow for updates from D.C. to Plains.

Though Jimmy Carter was a U.S. president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of a global organization, The Carter Center, to his more than one dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren, he was a grandfather first and foremost, his grandson Jason Carter told " Good Morning America ."

Grandchildren Jason Carter and James Carter IV have continued the family's legacy, with Jason serving as chairman of The Carter Center’s board and James gaining attention for a pivotal video in the 2012 presidential race.

Vice President Kamala Harris gave a eulogy for the late President Jimmy Carter, who fulfilled his final wish when he cast a ballot for her in the 2024 election. Carter, the 39th president of the United States,

Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”

Jason Carter spoke exclusively to Good Morning America in an interview that aired Tuesday morning on Channel 2.

President Biden will deliver a eulogy, and tributes written by Gerald Ford and Walter Mondale will be read by their sons.

Jimmy Carter's grandson, Jason Carter, spoke about the late president's legacy in an emotional memorial speech at the Carter Presidential Center.

Former President Jimmy Carter was a father of four, grandfather to 12 and great-grandfather to 14 children when he died at age 100.