Hunter Biden

Hunter Biden
Biden in 2014
Amtrak Vice Chairman of the Board
In office
July 26, 2006 – January 29, 2009
President
Succeeded byDonna McLean
Amtrak Member of the Board
In office
2006–2009
Personal details
Born
Robert Hunter Biden

(1970-02-04) February 4, 1970 (age 54)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Spouses
  • (m. 1993; div. 2017)
  • (m. 2019)
Children5, including Naomi
Parents
RelativesBiden family
Education
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • investor
  • lobbyist
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Years of service2013–2014
RankEnsign
UnitUnited States Navy Reserve

Robert Hunter Biden (born February 4, 1970) is an American attorney and businessman. The second son of U.S. President Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden, Hunter was two years old when a car crash killed his mother and one-year-old sister, Naomi, and seriously injured both him and his older brother, Beau. In his memoir, Beautiful Things, Biden wrote of his struggles with drug and alcohol abuse, which escalated after Beau's 2015 death from brain cancer.[1][2]

After graduating from Yale Law School in 1996, Biden worked as a banker, lobbyist, and legal representative for lobbying firms. He later worked as a hedge fund principal and a venture capital and private equity fund investor. Biden was a founding board member of BHR Partners,[3] a Chinese investment company, in 2013, and later served on the board of Burisma Holdings, one of the largest private natural gas producers in Ukraine, from 2014 until his term expired in April 2019.

Since early 2019, Hunter and his father Joe have been the targets of false allegations of corrupt activities concerning Ukraine.[4] The New York Post published an article in October 2020 about a laptop computer that had belonged to Hunter Biden, which Donald Trump attempted to use to hurt Joe Biden's campaign by using it to claim that while in office, Joe Biden has acted corruptly regarding Ukraine to protect Hunter.[5]

Biden's tax affairs have been under federal criminal investigation since late 2018.[6][7][8][9] He first pled guilty, then pled not guilty to the tax-related charges including tax evasion, and is scheduled to face trial for the charges in September 2024.[10][11][12] During Biden's initial guilty plea on tax charges, he had admitted to "illegally owning a gun while a drug user" because he knowingly denied drug use when applying for a gun purchase permit.[13][14] Biden was later indicted on and convicted of three federal firearms-related felony charges in June 2024.[15][16][17]

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  5. ^ Rice, Andrew; Nuzzi, Olivia (September 12, 2022). "The Sordid Saga of Hunter Biden's Laptop". New York. Archived from the original on November 19, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
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  7. ^ "Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to 2 tax crimes after agreement with prosecutors falls through". PBS Newshour. July 26, 2023.
  8. ^ Zurcher, Anthony (July 27, 2023). "Hunter Biden's plea deal collapsed. What happens now?". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  9. ^ Thrush, Glenn; Schmidt, Michael S. (December 7, 2023). "Hunter Biden Indicted on Tax Charges". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  10. ^ "Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to three federal gun charges filed after his plea deal collapsed". Associated Press. October 3, 2023.
  11. ^ Graf, Rachel; Adler, Maxwell; Voreacos, David (January 11, 2023). "Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty to Tax Charges in California". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on January 11, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  12. ^ Hawkinson, Katie (May 22, 2024). "Hunter Biden's trial on felony tax charges delayed until September". The Independent. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
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  15. ^ Whitehurst, Lindsay (September 14, 2023). "Hunter Biden indicted on federal firearms charges in long-running probe weeks after plea deal failed". AP News. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
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