As the clock neared 8:00 pm on Wednesday evening, the air was thick with anticipation. President Joe Biden, poised at the Resolute Desk, was about to deliver an address that would define his presidency—and possibly his legacy. The room, with its grand curved oval walls, was filled with family and a select few insiders, the people closest to him. To his left, lined up like a tableau from a Kennedy-era painting, sat his family. Hunter Biden, looking pensive, was the first in the row, his daughter Finnegan beside him, eyes bright and attentive. Next was Howard Krein, husband to Biden’s daughter A…