Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford may have started as political rivals, but they formed a tight bond behind the scenes, a former White House staffer tells PEOPLE. Their connection would span dec ...

Gerald Ford, who had never entered ... Public affection vanished quickly, though, when Ford granted former President Nixon "a full, free and absolute pardon" for any crimes he may have committed.

Gerald Ford’s son Steve Ford read his father's eulogy for Jimmy Carter at Thursday's funeral service, drawing a few smiles, laughs, and tears.

File: Former president Gerald Ford visits President Jimmy Carter at the Oval Office, May 24, 1978. (Photo by Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Steven Ford spoke at Carter’s funeral ...