- Former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden reunited at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s memorial service Friday.
- They joined former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris and Jill Biden in the front row at the packed service to honor the civil rights icon.
- The crowd cheered as the former US leaders entered the church, but it was “the South Side’s own, President Barack Obama,” as an announcer described him, who received the loudest round of applause.
- President Donald Trump, who had praised Jackson on social media, was not seen in attendance at the service.
- Other notable attendees included California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, actor and producer Tyler Perry, and political activist and theologian Cornel West.
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Three former presidents honor Rev. Jesse Jackson at memorial service but Trump is notably absent
