President Joe Biden hinted at his opinion of the trial of his youngest son when he released a statement on Monday lauding Hunter Biden as showing “strength” and “resilience in the face of adversity.”
Hunter is expected to stand trial starting this week for three federal felony charges he accumulated after allegedly lying on a federal form about his extensive and public drug use during a revolver purchase in 2018. Joe’s Department of Justice tried and failed to secure the president’s son a sweetheart plea deal and slap on the wrist last year, but those plans were derailed by a federal judge who smelled the Biden administration’s political favoritism at play.
The Biden patriarch, who has signaled his son’s supposed innocence for years, pretended to offer the standard “no comment” expected of presidents who choose to refrain from weighing in on undecided legal matters.
“As the President, I don’t and won’t comment on pending federal cases, but as a Dad, I have boundless love for my son, confidence in him, and respect for his strength,” he said.
Yet, Joe spent most of his statement expressing love and pride for his federally charged offspring.
“I am the President, but I am also a Dad. Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today,” he declared.
In addition to publicly marking his support for Hunter with what even Politico remarked was a “rare public statement,” Joe spent the days leading up to the federal trial socializing with his
