Hunter Biden Says Pardon Was Bad for Dad Joe Biden’s Legacy, the ‘American People,’ But Good For Him

Hunter Biden is speaking out about his father’s decision to issue him a pardon in 2024. Hunter, 56, was convicted of federal tax and gun charges in June of that year, but in December, former President Joe Biden decided to use his executive power to wipe his son’s legal slate clean before he left office and President Donald Trump was sworn in.

During a recent interview with the BBC, Hunter was asked if 83-year-old President Biden “went too far” with the move. He began his answer by calling himself “the most privileged person,” and went on to say: “I am eternally grateful for it because I think that Donald Trump has proven to be exactly who my dad thought he was going to be as it relates to the revenge and retribution that he would seek on his political enemies. In the first 100 days alone he mentioned or criticized my dad or me six times a day.”

Hunter explained that if he had been serving a probation or prison sentence with Trump, 80, in office, the current president “would have had a hold on my family” and it would be “not just unbearable but incredibly unjust and unfair.”

Later, Hunter acknowledged the wider ramifications of his father’s decision. “Was it good for the American people? Was it good for the Constitution? Was it good for my dad’s legacy? No on all counts,” he said. He admitted the choice is “easily criticized and for good reason.”

He ended by pointing out that President Biden could have faced criticism had he opted not to pardon his son. “All I can say to anybody out there is: What would you have thought of my dad if he did not do that for me, and left me to the whims of Donald Trump?”