Rosalynn Carter Tribute: Judy Woodruff Recalls Last Interview, Says Former First Lady Expressed “Relief” Joe Biden Was In Office
deadline.comRosalynn Carter was a first lady “who saw her role as going well beyond the essential, warm and welcoming host to being a close and trusted, yes, adviser” to her husband Jimmy Carter, PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Judy Woodruff recalled on Tuesday.
Woodruff was among the speakers at a tribute service for Carter, who died on Nov. 19 at age 96. Carter’s husband, former President Jimmy Carter, 99, attended the service, as his daughter Amy held his hand for much of the service.
Carter himself entered hospice care earlier this year, in part to be near his wife, with whom he was married for 77 years. Also attending the service was President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, former President Bill Clinton, and all of the living former first ladies, including Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump.
Woodruff recalled first meeting Rosalynn Carter in 1970, when she was campaigning for her husband’s gubernatorial bid in Georgia.
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