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.

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.

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

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

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.

The son of a well-known Minnesotan is traveling to Washington, DC tomorrow (Thursday) to speak at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. Ted Mondale says he will

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.

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.

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

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.