The show of force began with first lady Jill Biden taking a seat in the courtroom behind her son each day until leaving late Wednesday afternoon to travel to France to attend a D-Day commemoration ceremony with her husband. The first lady then left less than 24 hours later to return to Wilmington ahead of her son’s trial resuming on Friday, and she’s scheduled to return to Paris on Saturday for a state visit. The whirlwind transatlantic shuttling underscores the family’s concern about the toll that the trial — the first of two for Hunter scheduled this year — could take. While in France, the president and first lady frequently asked aides for updates on the trial in between official events, according to a person familiar with the requests.
