Melania Trump and all first ladies to attend Rosalynn Carter's funeral: Jill Biden, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush to mourn their predecessor - whose husband Jimmy was vocal critic of Donald

Melania Trump and all former first ladies will join President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden in paying tribute to Rosalynn Carter in Atlanta on Tuesday.

Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump will attend an invitation-only tribute service, the Carter Center announced. Former President Bill Clinton will also attend as will Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff.

It's a rare public appearance from Melania Trump, whose husband Donald Trump had been highly critical of Jimmy Carter's time in office.  The Trumps paid tribute to Rosalynn Carter's work on humantarian and mental health issues when she died earlier this month.

Melania Trump has been seen in social media posts from the Trump's private Mar-a-Lago Club but she has not been in the public eye in nearly a year. She was seen in New York over the summer running errands but her last public appearance was November 15, 2022, when Donald Trump announced he was making another bid for the White House.

And, notably, Melania Trump hasn't been by Donald Trump's side as he fights his many legal battles in New York, Georgia, and federal courts.

Her husband mocked Jimmy Carter's presidency shortly after Rosalynn entered hospice services.

At a political rally in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Trump in his criticism of Biden, told a crowd of supporters that 'the happiest person anywhere in this country right now is Jimmy Carter because his administration looked brilliant compared to these clowns.'

'Compared to Biden, Jimmy Carter was a brilliant, brilliant president,' Trump said.

Both Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter had attended Trump's presidential inauguration in 2017. 

The former president was not on the guest list for the memorial service that was released by the Carter Center, nor were former Presidents Barack Obama or George W. Bush.

But it's traditional for all living first ladies to attend the memorial service for a predecessor. Melania Trump attended Barbara Bush's funeral service in April 2018 along with her predecessors in the White House.

President Biden will not speak at the service for Rosalynn Carter, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

Rosalynn Carter died on November 19 at the age of 96 at her home in Plains, Georgia alongside her husband of 77 years, President Jimmy Carter, 99.

President Carter will travel to Atlanta on Tuesday to attend his wife's official memorial. 

Family members and current and former U.S. Secret Service assigned to Rosalynn's detail gathered as her casket departed Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia on Monday morning where wreaths were laid for the former first lady.

The Secret Service agents carried her casket and walked alongside the hearse motorcade carrying her body as it departed the Rosalynn Carter Health and Human Sciences Complex at Georgia Southwestern State University.

Members of the Carter family, including Jimmy and Rosalynn's daughter Amy and son James 'Chip,' paused by the statue of their mother at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center during the wreath laying ceremony on Monday morning. 

Jimmy Carter was not spotted in the motorcade from Americus to Atlanta, according to AJC.

The former first lady's private funeral will be held Wednesday at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains followed by an internment at the family's Georgia residence.

Rosalynn's death came days after she entered at-home hospice care and months after her family disclosed in May that she had dementia.

The Carter Center announced in February that former president Carter entered hospice care at home after deciding to decline additional medical intervention.

Rosalynn is survived by her husband of 77 years, their four children, 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.