Barack Obama attended President Jimmy Carter's funeral without wife Michelle by his side. Here's why the former first lady was unable to make it.

George W. Bush gave fellow former president Barack Obama a friendly belly tap at the Jan. 9 funeral of Jimmy Carter, and the internet was obsessed with the viral moment.

Leaders of American government, including five living presidents, attended Jimmy Carter's formal state funeral in Washington on Thursday. But where was former first lady Michelle Obama?

The former president and once-again-future president, who are historically something less than besties, chatted it up before the service began. (Michelle Obama was not in attendance.)

Former President Barack Obama arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Monday for President-elect Trump’s inauguration ceremony without former First Lady Michelle Obama.

For the second time in less than two weeks, Americans watching a major national event attended by all the living former presidents and their spouses watched Barack Obama enter a room alone. Michelle Obama’s team had already announced her expectation to miss the Jan.