Jill Biden to stop in Pennsylvania as part of 3-state tour
US First Lady Jill Biden speaks during a visit at the Arturo Velasquez Institute on October 13 2021 in Chicago, as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - First lady Jill Biden wrapped up a visit to Illinois on Wednesday with a stop at a community college before heading to Pennsylvania during a three-state tour in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
She toured the Arturo Velasquez Institute in Chicago with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and elected Illinois officials including Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The night before she visited the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago to see an exhibit honoring victims of COVID-19.
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Biden was expected in Allentown, Pennsylvania, later in the afternoon where she was set to meet with Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra at a center for children and families, according to the White House.
Earlier this week she was in Kansas City to tour El Centro Academy, a dual-language early childhood education program.
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