President Biden Visiting Ford Rouge Ahead of F-150 Lighting Reveal President Joe Biden will get a peek at the all-new Ford F-150 Lightning prior to its May 19 reveal You’ve only got about eight days and some hours to wait before you can feast your eyes on the all-new, all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning. But we now know that one somewhat important person will probably get a sneak peek a whole day early: President Joe Biden. Ford announced on Tuesday that President Biden will pay a visit to its Rouge site on May 18, getting a preview of the F-150 Lightning before the general public. Wow, Ford. Play favorites much? Guy gets a new job and all of a sudden, he gets special privileges.