President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden to attend Rosalynn Carter tribute service at Emory

Portrait of Rosalynn Carter at The Carter Center, 1993. (Credit: The Carter Center)

President Joe Biden and his wife, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, have announced their plan to attend a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter in Atlanta next week.

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In a statement issued through the White House, the pair said they would be traveling to Atlanta Tuesday afternoon to pay their respects at Emory University's Glenn Memorial Auditorium.

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Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, plan to make the trip with them.

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