Joe Biden says Jimmy Carter has asked him to deliver his eulogy

President reveals he visited his Democratic predecessor, who is receiving hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia

Jimmy Carter – who entered home hospice care in February – has asked fellow Democratic president Joe Biden to eulogize him after he dies, Biden has revealed.

Biden told people at a fundraiser in Rancho Santa Fe, California, on Monday that he had recently visited Carter after the 98-year-old former president’s health had “finally caught up with him”, according to multiple reports on the remarks.