NEWS FROM OUR RULING CLASS: Joe Biden’s Son Hunter Discharged From Navy Reserve After Failing Cocaine Test.

Vice President Joe Biden ’s son Hunter was discharged from the Navy Reserve this year after testing positive for cocaine, according to people familiar with the matter.

Hunter Biden, a lawyer by training who is now a managing partner at an investment company, had been commissioned as an ensign in the Navy Reserve, a part-time position. But after failing a drug test last year, his brief military career ended.

Mr. Biden, 44 years old, decided to pursue military service relatively late, beginning the direct-commission process to become a public-affairs officer in the Navy Reserve in 2012. Because of his age—43 when he was to be commissioned—he needed a waiver to join the Navy. He received a second Navy waiver because of a drug-related incident when he was a young man, according to people familiar with the matter. Military officials say such drug waivers aren’t uncommon.

I assume Hunter was trying to burnish his resume for some sort of political office. I don’t suppose this will help.

UPDATE: From the comments:

I had the misfortune of spending some time in USAREC (US Army Recruiting Command). We could get a waiver for a dude over forty if he had a really important skill….like doctor or Arabic linguist. Not PR dudes. We could also get a waiver for a dude with a drug issue…if it was really old and he’d never need a security clearance. An officer? No way.

I guess there was a waiver I wasn’t familiar with…the Vice President’s son waiver that covers a multitude of reasons why the average recruiter would tell a 42 year old drug addled lawyer to get the hell out of his office and leave the pens and stickers.

Indeed.