Former U.S. presidents will pay respects at Jesse Jackson’s Chicago memorial
Biden, Obama and Clinton are expected to join thousands of mourners in Chicago for a public memorial honoring the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil-rights leader and Democratic power broker who died last month at 84. The gathering at the House of Hope, a 10,000-seat venue on the city’s South Side, is poised to be the largest service celebrating Jackson’s life and legacy.
Organizers said former first ladies Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton, who also served as U.S. secretary of state, plan to attend. Singers Jennifer Hudson, BeBe…