The handshake happened almost four years to the day when Trump supporters called for Pence's execution during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
Mike Pence's wife Karen did not greet President-elect Donald Trump or Melania Trump at Jimmy Carter's funeral Thursday morning. As the former vice president rose to shake hands with Trump, his wife remained seated.
Incoming president Donald Trump was ignored by the wife of his former vice-president Mike Pence who refused to shake his or Melania's hands at the funeral of Jimmy Carter today
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greeted and shook hands on Thursday with his estranged former vice president Mike Pence, as current and former administrations gathered at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter in Washington.
At the end of the service, Carter’s flag-draped casket was taken by motorcade to Joint Base Andrews for the return flight aboard the modified Boeing 747 that serves as Air Force 1 back to Georgia for burial in his hometown, Plains.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and all living former presidents attended the funeral, including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Both President-elect Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence also attended, marking the first time the pair were in the same room in four years.
The president-elect and his former vice president, who have been at odds since the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots, briefly conversed at former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral
9:50 a.m. Trump shook hands with former Vice President Mike Pence, marking the first time the two have been seen publicly in the same room in four years. 9:50 a.m. Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrived at the funeral and were seated next to Obama.
President-elect Donald Trump shook hands with his former vice president, Mike Pence, Thursday at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral. Norah O'Donnell anchored CBS News' special report on the funeral proceedings.
Former presidents, dignitaries, celebrities and other notable figures attended former president Jimmy Carter’s funeral.