This is a chapter from RealClearInvestigations' Hunter Biden Reader, a collection of news reports on Joe Biden's errant son and other family members.
Selected Articles on Hunter Biden's Personal Life
(In Reverse Chronological Order)
Biden Paid Big for Son's Detox (Cue Booze, Drugs)
Ben Ashford, Josh Boswell, Daily Mail, July 7, 2022
Hunter Biden is seen smoking, drinking and touching himself in a float tank at a Massachusetts wellness center in January 2019. The president's son took the video of himself - retrieved from his abandoned laptop - while he was meant to be undergoing detox treatment. Just one month earlier Hunter had texted his dad, Joe, complaining he didn't have enough money for the treatment program on top of bills and alimony. Joe later agreed to wire his son $75,000 to cover the costs, as well as an additional $20,000 for a treatment program in New York City.
Joe Biden and Hunter's Russia-Tied 'Escorts'
Andrew Kerr, Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, July 1
President Joe Biden apparently unwittingly financed his son’s participation in an escort ring tied to Russia, records from a copy of Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop show.
Hooker on Hunter Biden Laptop Got $20K PPP Stimulus
Luke Rosiak, Daily Wire, June 7
A Las Vegas callgirl who comes up repeatedly on Hunter Biden‘s laptop hit the jackpot with a $20,207 check from the federal government for her “female owned sole proprietorship” shortly after her well-connected client’s father moved into the White House, according to federal records.
DIY Porn Auteur Hunter Biden's Relish of Widows, Teens
Josh Boswell, Daily Mail, June 1
Hunter Biden's search history reveals an obsession with porn including incest fantasies, '18yrs old', 'lonely widow' porn, 'MILF crack cocaine porn', as well as instructions on how to hack a lover's cell phone and repeated google searches of himself. The list of searches covers just six days in March 2019 before he broke his laptop, took it to be repaired a Delaware shop, and then abandoned it. But it is packed full of revealing and disturbing websites.
Hunter Biden Ex Testifies to Wild Spending
Elizabeth Rosner, Ruce Golding, New York Post, Feb. 21
Ex-girlfriend Zoe Kestan testified before a grand jury in the Hunter Biden tax probe about shacking up with Hunter Biden at high-priced hotspots including the Four Seasons, Mercer, SIXTY SoHo and Soho Grand hotels in Manhattan and at the Hollywood Roosevelt, NoMad and Jeremy West Hollywood in Los Angeles, the source said. At one point, a source said, Kestan recalled a month-long stay at LA’s celebrity-friendly Chateau Marmont, the scene of former “Saturday Night Live” star John Belushi’s fatal 1982 overdose. Kestan also testified that Biden directed her to withdraw “thousands of dollars at a time” from ATMs and gave her cash to purchase clothing, meals and other items, but said she had no idea how he obtained the money, the source said.
Laptop Texts: Five Bidens Went Into Rehab
Josh Boswell, Daily Mail, July 7, 2021
Joe Biden's children Hunter and Ashley, his brother Frank, niece Caroline and late son's widow Hallie have all had stints in rehab, DailyMail.com reports.
Did Joe Biden Fund Hunter's Night of Debauchery?
Miranda Devine, New York Post, June 22
After a multi-day orgy of drugs and sex in 2018, Hunter Biden owed a prostitute thousands of dollars, according to material on his abandoned laptop.
Hunter Biden Repeatedly Called White Lawyer N-Word
Josh Boswell, Daily Mail, June 8
First son Hunter Biden repeatedly called his white attorney the n-word in a pair of bizarre and occasionally lewd text conversations late in 2018 and early 2019.
Hunter Biden Relationship With Chinese-American Assistant
Josh Boswell, Daily Mail, May 7
Messages between Hunter Biden and a young woman working for Hunter's Chinese business partner Patrick Ho, whom he described as "spy chief of China."
Hunter Biden on Memoir "Beautiful Things:" Addiction, Laptop, Ukraine
CBS News, April 4
Hunter Biden 'Smoking Crack Every 15 Minutes', More From 'Beautiful Things'
David Oliver, USA Today, March 31
Yes, the book touches on Trump and Biden's Ukraine business, but more compelling are details of Biden's personal life. Here's what we learned about Biden by reading his devastating memoir.
Hunter Biden’s Memoir: 7 Takeaways From ‘Beautiful Things’
Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, March 30
President Biden’s son opens up about crack addiction, his romantic relationship with his sister-in-law and the new love that halted his cycle of despair.
Hunter Biden Gun Case: Much Amiss
Tara Palmeri & Ben Schreckinger, Politico, March 25
The bizarre incident involved a trash can, a man searching for recyclables and, eventually, federal law enforcement.
Hunter Biden's Depravity -- Blackmail Target
Caroline Graham, Daily Mail, Oct. 31, 2020
The scale of the descent of Joe Biden's son into a morass of drugs, drink and sleaze – leaving him open to possible blackmail attempts – is laid bare in hundreds of documents and photographs on his abandoned laptop.
Giuliani: Child Endangerment on Biden Laptop
John Solomon, Just the News, Oct. 22
Rudy Giuliani, one of President Trump's private attorneys, has reported to Delaware police concerns that materials on a laptop purportedly tied to Hunter Biden contained evidence of possible child endangerment.
Hunter Emails, Pics: Pain and Partying
Emma-Jo Morris & Gabrielle Fonrouge, New York Post, Oct. 16
Hunter Biden’s emails and texts show not just a politician’s troubled son angling for lucrative overseas business deals — they also reveal a concerned father, a fun-loving friend and a man tortured by the deaths that have devastated his family.
Hunter Biden Child-Support Deal After Delays and Refusals
Edwin Mora, Breitbart, March 11
Hunter Biden's lawyers reached a settlement in a paternity and child support case after repeatedly delaying and flouting court orders.
Hunter Biden Tied to '16 ID Theft Involving Dead Brother
Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, Jan. 7
Newly submitted court documents link Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, to an identity theft case from 2016 when he was allegedly being checked into an unidentified Arizona facility.
IRS Put Lien on Hunter Biden for $112,800 in Unpaid Taxes
Andrew Kerr, Daily Caller, Dec. 31, 2019
The IRS placed a tax lien on Hunter Biden seeking $112,805 in unpaid taxes from 2015, according to records the Daily Caller News Foundation obtained.
Arkansas: DNA Shows Hunter Biden Father of Baby
Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Nov. 20
DNA testing has established, “with scientific certainty,” that Hunter Biden is the father of an Arkansas baby, according to a motion filed Wednesday in Independence County on behalf of the child’s mother, Lunden Alexis Roberts.
Ex claims Hunter Biden Blew Money on Hookers, Drugs
Julia Marsh & Emily Smith, New York Post, March 2, 2017
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s surviving son, Hunter, hasn’t just dumped his wife for his late brother’s widow, he has squandered his family’s money on hookers, strip clubs and drugs, according to divorce papers obtained by The Post.
