Watch Again: John McCain Ceremony At U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lawmakers honored the life and legacy of Sen. John McCain at the United States Capitol on Friday. The heroic Vietnam war veteran and "maverick" senator died last week after a battle with cancer.

McCain will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol for the rest of the day, where the public can pay their respects at the conclusion of the formal ceremony. The public will be able to pay their respects approximately between 2-8 p.m. Visitors in line by 8 p.m. will be able to enter the Capitol building to pay their respects.

On Wednesday, thousands of people paid their respects to McCain as he lay in the Arizona Capitol.

McCain arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday after a ceremony at North Phoenix Baptist Church in Arizona. Former Vice President Joe Biden delivered a moving eulogy on Thursday, saying that he thought of McCain as a brother, "with a lot of family fights."

Dabbing his eyes at times, Biden also referred to his own son's death from cancer, saying of the disease, "It's brutal, it's relentless, it's unforgiving." And he spoke directly to McCain's widow, Cindy McCain, in the front row: "You were his ballast."

You can watch Friday's ceremony below:

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Photo: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speaks to an aide before the casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, on August 31, 2018 in Washington, DC. The late senator died August 25 at the age of 81 after a long battle with brain cancer. He will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, a rare honor bestowed on only 31 people in the past 166 years. Sen. McCain will be buried at his final resting place at the U.S. Naval Academy. (Photo by Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images News/Getty Images)