‘He loved people’: state funeral held for Jimmy Carter in Washington DC –video

Jimmy Carter's six-day farewell to the US nation culminated on Thursday morning with a eulogy from President Joe Biden on faith and character, as the 39th president received a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral. During the service, Biden said he was perhaps the first senator to endorse Carter for president. He highlighted how Carter had seen challenges well into the future' and taught him the power of morality. Jimmy Carter's friendship taught me ... that strength of character is more than title or the power we hold,' Biden said. It's the strength to understand that everyone should be treated with dignity, respect, that everyone, and I mean everyone, deserves an even shot'

• Biden hails Jimmy Carter's strength of character in eulogy at state funeral