When Air Force One touched down, Mayor Lightfoot and Cook County Board President Toni Preckiwnkle were there to greet the president, who was marking his first official visit to Illinois since his November election. Beamed by local television stations, Biden could be seen speaking briefly with two of the state’s top Democrats, at one point hugging Preckwinkle and, separately, sharing a prolonged handshake with Lightfoot.
