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David Smith in Washington

All five living US presidents expected to come together to mourn Jimmy Carter

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Jimmy Carter pauses during a speech to applaud the US Olympic Committee's stand on the Moscow Olympics on 1 February 1980 in Washington. Photograph: Mark Wilson/AP

Americans are hoping for a rare moment of political unity this week when all five living presidents – including Donald Trump – are expected to come together to mourn Jimmy Carter, who died last Sunday aged 100.

Joe Biden is set to lead the tributes at a funeral service on Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral. He let slip last year that Carter had asked him to give a eulogy (“Excuse me, I shouldn’t say that,” the president admitted).

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