These are two families that function in diametrically opposed ways.
This week, Hunter Biden was convicted on highly politicized gun charges after a heartbreaking trial in which loved one after loved one testified about just how dark and self-destructive the president’s younger son became while in the throes of addiction. While the trial has been thoroughly covered in the media, it hasn’t been the kind of prurient, breathless spectacle one might expect; even Republicans, who pushed for the charges,what to do with this ostensible win.
The Hunter Biden story is simply sad. But it is also revealing, especially when contrasted to the headline-making criminal trial of Donald Trump. In both cases, we see women doing what women so often do: Taking care of those who need help, even looking past serious misbehavior and deep betrayals of trust.
The charges against Biden stem from his purchase of a firearm during a period in which he was using drugs but nonetheless signed a federal form attesting that he wasn’t. Lying on that form is the kind of charge that would be vastly unlikely to be brought against an average citizen, and it doesn’t exactly fit with the ethos of the right-wing gun-rights crowd, who generally object to government interventions into the purchase and ownership of firearms.
This is not unique to the Bidens. Women are the world’s caretakers, and in the United States, they fill the many gaps in a tattered social welfare net. Much has been written about the disproportionate burden women carry when it comes to caring for children, but the same is true for elderly family members, and ill ones—including those ill with substance use disorders.
Both men have now been convicted. Partisans on both sides believe the trials were politically motivated. But only one of these trials should matter for the 2024 election—and it’s not the one of a struggling man surrounded by a loving family just trying to pull him out of the
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