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Why do so many modern presidents have such embarrassing relatives?
Biden's son, Dubya's siblings, Clinton's brother, all of George H.W. Bush's kids, Reagan's wife, Trump's entire family...
Most people have embarrassing siblings.
You're seeing it more now because there is heightened interest from people, so it sells clicks, and before that, it sold newspapers.
Maybe it's just the combination of high profile and very rich that makes them seem way way worse than any embarrassing siblings of anyone I know.
Yeah, so my friend's sister has an alcoholism problem, but she's never, say, posed for nude photos and then campaigned on a family values platform, and you have to admit the incidence of serious substance abuse issues in the families of US presidents is... well, embarrassing. I don't know what the statistics are compared to the average, but goddamn there seem to be a lot of drug problems among and around people with so much influence.
I take your point that it's likely nothing new, but it's disingenuous to imply that it's normal compared to the average person.