Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown.

Just after the nation celebrated its bicentennial, Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer and former governor of Georgia, chose Minnesotan Walter Mondale as his vice presidential running mate. (Kent Kobersteen/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

University of Minnesota Professor Larry Jacobs, who worked closely with Mondale, spoke with MPR News guest host Emily Reese about Mondale and Carter’s relationship.

The world is reflecting on former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy after he passed away on Sunday, Dec. 29, at 100 years old.

GOLDEN VALLEY, MINN. – The son of former Vice President Walter Mondale will speak Thursday at the funeral for President Jimmy Carter. Ted Mondale says he will deliver a eulogy for President Carter that was written by his father nearly a decade ago. The Carter Center asked Ted to represent the Mondale family at the state funeral.

As 39th president, Carter appointed several Minnesotans, including Bob Bergland, of Roseau, as secretary of agriculture.

My experience with the Carter/Mondale administration played a pivotal role in my own public and private sector career, especially here in Virginia, for which I’m eternally grateful.

Ted Mondale, son of former Vice President Walter Mondale, Jill Stuckey, Carter National Historical Park Superintendent, and historian Jon Meacham join Andrea Mitchell to reflect on the extraordinary life of President Jimmy Carter.

President Carter shared a profound and enduring partnership with his vice president, Minnesota’s own Walter Mondale, during their term in office from 1977 to 1981 and in the decades afterward. Mondale, who passed away in 2021, was one of the Humphrey School’s most cherished supporters.

Their administration ensured full protection of the Boundary Waters when it was still susceptible to logging and mining.

"Sunday Morning" looks back on the life of a public servant who sought to restore Americans' faith in the integrity of their government, and who was a Nobel Peace Prize-winner for his remarkable post-presidential years.