It is the anniversary of D-Day. President Joe Biden, in Normandy, France, for ceremonial commemorations today, talked of the bravery and sacrifices of that titanic invasion, of the values that were at stake, and of the alliances that triumphed. It was an effective speech.

There may seem no connection between this and a Delaware court appearance by Hallie Biden, widow of the president’s elder son Beau and former girlfriend of his younger son Hunter, which is taking place on the same day. But one fact in the Hunter Biden case recalls memories for me inextricably tied to D-Day. It is that Hallie Biden tossed a gun belonging to Hunter into a dumpster.