CHICAGO - Jury selection is expected to begin Monday in the trial of former "Empire" star Jussie Smollett, who is accused of staging a hoax nearly three years ago where he was the alleged victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in Chicago.The 39-year-old actor told police he was walking near his Streeterville apartment in downtown Chicago on a frigid night in January 2019 when he was attacked by two men.Smollett, who is Black and gay, said the two men approached him in the 300 block of East North Lower Water Street and attacked him while yelling racist and homophobic slurs.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 NEWS APP FOR BREAKING NEWS ALERTSThe actor claimed the men had also shouted "This is MAGA country," a reference to then-President Donald Trump’s Make.