Ford died in December 2006, and Carter did speak at his predecessor’s funeral in January 2007. Ford’s son, the actor Steven Ford, delivered his father’s prepared remarks at Carter’s ...

In their first debate, the sound system failed and they stood frozen at their lecterns for 27 minutes, not saying a single word to each other. And so, of course, rhetoric was hurled often and ...

Dirck Halstead/Getty Though they were best remembered as political rivals, Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford formed a tight bond behind the scenes — one that would span decades.