Carter’s funeral comes as the first big wave of off-boarding of White House staff began this week. Biden started taking hundreds of much delayed “departure photos” with aides in the Oval Office at the end of December, working through a yearslong backlog. Boxes are being packed.

As they filed into the front pews at Washington National Cathedral, wearing dark suits and mostly solemn faces, five current and former presidents came together for Jimmy Carter's funeral. For a service that stretched more than an hour,