Jimmy Carter’s state funeral taking place in Washington [Video]

Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who struggled with a bad economy and a hostage crisis but went on to a long and admired post-White House career, is being honoured at a state funeral in Washington, D.C.

Fellow Democratic President Joe Biden will eulogize the 39th president who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Biden, during his long career in the U.S. Senate, was the first member of that chamber to endorse Carter for president in the 1976 campaign

President-elect Donald Trump, who on Tuesday criticized treaties Carter signed during his presidency to give Panama authority over the Panama Canal, are attending, as are former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Some world leaders and foreign dignitaries are in attendance, including Canadian Prime Minister …