CHICAGO -- Former President Barack Obama has been called for jury duty in Chicago.
Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans on Friday told county commissioners during a budget hearing that Obama, who owns homes in Washington, D.C., and Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood, will serve in November. He is registered to vote in Chicago.
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Evans says Obama's safety will be "uppermost in our minds" when he serves.
Those called can be put either in the pool for criminal case or civil hearings.
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They can be called to any of the county's Chicago or suburban courthouses. All jurors watch a decades-old video about their duties narrated by a mustachioed Lester Holt, once a local news reader and now anchor of NBC Nightly News.
Jurors in Cook County are paid $17.20 for each day of service.