Carter’s funeral comes as the first big wave of off-boarding of White House staff began this week. Biden started taking hundreds of much delayed “departure photos” with aides in the Oval Office at the end of December, working through a yearslong backlog. Boxes are being packed.

Former President Jimmy Carter's casket departed the U.S. Capitol Thursday morning en route to the Washington National Cathedral, where he is being honored with the pageantry of a state funeral. These actors never use their real accent.