Jimmy Carter: tributes continue for former president hailed as ‘statesman and humanitarian’ – US politics live

Joe Biden says predecessor was ‘extraordinary leader’ as Donald Trump says America owed him a ‘debt of gratitude’

If you would like something to listen to, we have a special edition of our Politics Weekly America podcast, in which Jonathan Freedland talks to Jimmy Carter’s biographer, Jonathan Alter, about why history should look favourably on the peanut farmer turned politician. You can find that here …

Jimmy Carter was the longest-lived US president, and his death was announced yesterday after he had spent 22 months in hospice care. Senior US politicians have paid tribute, among them vice president Kamala Harris and incoming vice president JD Vance.