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30/08/2018 3:24 AM IST

Here's Who Will Serve As Pallbearers At John McCain's Washington Memorial

These 15 individuals will carry the Vietnam War veteran’s coffin at Washington National Cathedral.

A former vice president, a Hollywood actor and politicians from both parties will serve as pallbearers at Sen. John McCain’s memorial service in the nation’s capital on Saturday. 

Fifteen individuals will carry the Vietnam War veteran’s coffin at the Washington National Cathedral memorial service before he is laid to rest at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on Sunday.

They are actor Warren Beatty, Vice President Joe Biden, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, businessman Stephen Dart, former McCain presidential campaign manager Richard Davis, fundraiser Carla Eudy, former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, former Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.), Vice Chairman of Open Russia Vladimir Kara-Murza, former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R), McCain’s former chief of staff Mark Salter, fellow veteran and FedEx founder Fred Smith and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).

Here’s a look at some of those individuals and their relationship with McCain:

  • Former Vice President Joe Biden
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    Biden was a longtime friend and Senate colleague of John McCain’s. Here Biden is about to present Vietnam War veteran McCain with the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia in October 2017.
  • Richard Davis
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    Davis, who served as McCain’s presidential campaign manager in 2000 and 2008, also served as the family’s spokesman after his death this month. Here he discusses McCain’s memorial arrangements.
  • Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm
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    A U.S. representative and senator who began his political career as a Democrat and switched to the Republican Party, Gramm (seen with McCain during his 2008 presidential campaign) served as McCain’s campaign adviser on economic matters.
  • Fred Smith
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    The president and CEO of the FedEx Corp. was a friend of McCain’s, as well as a former officer in the Marine Corps and fellow Vietnam War veteran.