Biden Defends His Son Hunter Amid Criminal Allegations: ‘I’m Proud of Him’
President Joe Biden came to his son Hunter Biden’s defense amid potential criminal charges against the younger Biden. On Tuesday, CNN’s Jake Tapper sat down with the president for an interview noting prosecutors believe…
President Joe Biden came to his son Hunter Biden’s defense amid potential criminal charges against the younger Biden.
On Tuesday, CNN’s Jake Tapper sat down with the president for an interview noting prosecutors believe they could have enough evidence to charge his son for tax crimes and a false statement about buying a gun.
“Personally and politically, how do you react to that?” Tapper asked Joe Biden.
He replied, “I’m proud of my son. This is a kid who got, not a kid — he’s a grown man. He got hooked on — like many families have had happen, hooked on drugs.”
The elder Biden added, “He’s overcome that. He’s established a new life.”
The president went on to tell Tapper he is “confident that he is — what he says and does are consistent with what happens. And for example, he wrote a book about his problems and was straightforward about it. I’m proud of him.”
He continued, “He came along and said, by the way, this thing about a gun — I didn’t know anything about it. But turns out that when he made application to purchase a gun, what happened was he say – I guess you get asked, I don’t guess, you get asked a question, are you on drugs or do you use drugs? He said no. And he wrote about saying no in his book.”
According to the president, his son has been on the “straight and narrow” for years.