US | Barack Obama Obama's Next Task: Jury Duty He'll be reporting in Cook County, Illinois, next month By Newser Editors Posted Oct 28, 2017 8:30 AM CDT Copied Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov., Ralph Northam, in Richmond, Va., Oct. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Prospective jurors in Illinois' Cook County will see a very familiar face in their midst next month: Barack Obama received his own summons, and he plans to honor it. "He made it crystal-clear to me through his representative that he would carry out his public duty as a citizen and resident of this community,” said Chief Judge Tim Evans, per the Chicago Tribune. The particulars of when and where the former president will report aren't known, but Evans says proper security will be in place for the big day in November. The Obamas live in DC now, but they still maintain a home in Chicago, notes CNN. (George W. Bush didn't shirk his jury duties, either.) Read These Next Trump says Iran has sent the US a 'very big present.' Saudi Arabia is putting the pressure on Trump over Iran conflict. Iran war may bring the end of the venerable F-14 fighter jet. A Democrat just flipped the district that includes Mar-a-Lago. Report an error