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US politics live: Joe Biden marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day while son Hunter returns to court for his gun trial

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By Josh Boswell In Wilmington, Delaware For Dailymail.Com and Emily Goodin, Senior U.S. Political Reporter In Normandy For Dailymail.Com and Rob Crilly, Senior U.S. Political Reporter In Normandy For Dailymail.Com

Published: 12:42 BST, 6 June 2024 | Updated: 12:57 BST, 6 June 2024

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President Joe Biden is marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France while his son Hunter is back in court for the third day of testimony in his federal gun trial.

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What 100-year-old WWII veteran told Biden about age as he stood to shake his hand at D-Day anniversary

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden had an emotional meeting with D-Day veterans ahead of the ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, saluting their service and making jokes with them.

The veterans were in their late teens and early 20s when they stormed the beaches and are now in their late 90s or 100s.

In a lighthearted moment during Thursday's somber event, veteran Robert Gibson told the 81-year-old president: 'Don't get old.'

Welcome to DailyMail.com's daily politics blog - with coverage of Hunter Biden's trial and the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Welcome to DailyMail.com's daily politics blog with live coverage of the biggest stories from across the U.S. and the world.

President Joe Biden is marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France while his son Hunter is back in court for the third day of testimony in his federal gun trial.

Follow DailyMail.com's live coverage from our reporters in France, Washington D.C. and Delaware.

U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

US President Joe Biden (R) shakes hands with US WWII veteran Edward "Bud" Berthold after he was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (French Legion of Honour) by France's President, during the US ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, which overlooks Omaha Beach in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 80th anniversary since the launch of 'Operation Overlord', a vast military operation by Allied forces in Normandy, which turned the tide of World War II, eventually leading to the liberation of occupied France and the end of the war against Nazi Germany. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Tears for their fallen comrades: D-Day veterans weep as world leaders and royals honour them on same Normandy beaches they stormed 80 years ago

D-Day veterans have been left in tears as the memories of decades past came flooding back while they were honoured for their service by world leaders and royals.

Soldiers who took part in the Normandy landings 80 years ago wept as they remembered their fallen comrades and were given standing ovations by the grateful younger generations at a series of touching commemorative events in northern France.

At the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, tribute was paid to the 'remarkable wartime generation', before wreaths of poppies were laid in memory of the more than 25,000 soldiers who lost their lives in the first stages of the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.

NYPD will REVOKE Donald Trump's gun permit after conviction in hush money trial

The NYPD will be revoking former President Donald Trump's gun permit on the heels of his 34-count conviction last week.

A jury convicted the ex-president last Thursday for falsifying business records over payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee will now lose his gun permit, according to ABC News.

The scene from Normandy as the world remembers the D-Day landings

Trump narrows VP search to just SEVEN candidates as vetting papers are sent out to potential running mates - here's who makes the list and when he will announce his pick

Donald Trump has narrowed his search for a vice presidential candidate to just seven contenders and has begun requesting information from each.

Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, and Trump's 2016 rival-turned cabinet member Ben Carson were also said to be on the list - a set of seven who will vetted after they fill out the forms, two others said.

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