There were times when Jimmy Carter annoyed his successors in the White House, Democrat and Republican. He never seemed to mind.

The nation’s five living presidents came together on Thursday to honor former President Jimmy Carter in a pomp-filled funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral, creating a moment of solemn respite from the capital city’s political tensions and whirl of activity in preparation for a new administration.

Thursday's service will cap off six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. After the funeral, Carter will return to Georgia to be buried in his hometown of Plains, next to his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.

9:50 a.m. Trump shook hands with former Vice President Mike Pence, marking the first time the two have been seen publicly in the same room in four years. 9:50 a.m. Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrived at the funeral and were seated next to Obama.

Former U.S. presidents attended Jimmy Carter's funeral on Thursday. There's Al Gore, Mike Pence, Karen Pence, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Melania Trump,

Former US presidents and vice presidents attended the funeral of the 39th President Jimmy Carter on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greeted and shook hands on Thursday with his estranged former vice president Mike Pence, as current and former administrations gathered at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter in Washington.

The handshake happened almost four years to the day when Trump supporters called for Pence's execution during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

Trump is obviously no fan of Biden, but Obama and his veep also have a famously complex relationship, only made more so after Obama helped nudge Biden to quit the presidential race last summer. Surely Obama feels some frustration that Biden fumbled a possibly winnable race; maybe he couldn’t help spill to his sworn enemy?

President Joe Biden was in his first term as senator for Delaware in 1977 at the time Carter was in office. Biden will be at Carter’s funeral Thursday morning to give a eulogy to the late 39th president.

Former first lady Michelle Obama didn't attend the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter. Except for Michelle Obama, all of the living former presidents and their spouses were at the funeral Thursday.