The remains of Jimmy Carter, who served only one term in the White House but lived longer than any U.S. president in history, arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to lie in state ahead of a Thursday funeral.

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday. Carter's remains, which have been lying in repose at the Center since Saturday,

With the death of President Jimmy Carter at age 100, President Joe Biden has ordered flags to fly at half-mast.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's body arrived in Washington on Tuesday (January 7) for three days of mourning beginning with him lying in state at the U.S. Capitol before a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday.