Jimmy Carter's state funeral starts Saturday. Here is what to know James "Chip" Carter wipes his eyes after speaks during a service for former President Jimmy Carter at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as he sits next to his wife Becky. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
The hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter pauses outside the State Capitol in Atlanta, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to the Carter detail, places his hand on the hearse containing the casket of former President Jimmy Carter, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
People watch as the hearse containing the casket of former President Jimmy Carter passes through Reynolds, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, en route to Atlanta. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
The hearse containing the casket of former President Jimmy Carter moves toward Plains, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
A person holds signs as the hearse containing the casket of former President Jimmy Carter, pauses at the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm in Archery, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
A police escort passes as the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter approaches during a procession in downtown Plains, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Children watch as the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter pauses outside the State Capitol in Atlanta, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
A military body bearer team carries the casket of former President Jimmy Carter into the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum to lie in repose in Atlanta, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool)
Paige Alexander, CEO of The Carter Center, touches the casket, as Amy Carter and her husband John Joseph "Jay" Kelly, foreground, watch, during a service for former President Jimmy Carter at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
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James "Chip" Carter wipes his eyes after speaks during a service for former President Jimmy Carter at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as he sits next to his wife Becky. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)