Last week should have been a solid one for Joe Biden. Inflation, still the top concern for voters, started to show signs of slowing down. The conservative Supreme Court blocked a Republican-led challenge to Biden’s immigration policies. And the White House hosted a vegetarian state dinner, this one with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, boosting economic ties with the world’s most populous country and giving Biden a chance to bend Modi’s ear about the dangers of Moscow and Beijing. But in Washington, stories about diplomacy or the falling price of eggs are simply no match for a juicy personal scandal. So, instead, the headlines were dominated by the latest chapter in a sordid drama that Biden has been unable to outrun as he heads into re-election: the story of his son, Hunter.
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