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 the Biden Family's Questionable Dealings
(In Reverse Chronological Order)
Tucker Carlson, Fox News, June 20, 2022
'#Thread Tucker Carlson's Monologue w/ An Update On The Mystery Of Ashley Biden's Diary, The FBI's Treatment Of Project Veritas & The Claims Made In The Diary About Joe Biden@JoshTBoswell: "She wrote that she was musing over whether her father was sexually inappropriate w/ her." pic.twitter.com/zhKrswJDdT
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) June 18, 2022'
Hunter Biden Ally's Frequent White House Visits
Jon Levine, Miranda Devine, New York Post, April 23
Hunter Biden’s closest business partner made at least 19 visits to the White House and other official locations between 2009 and 2015, including a sitdown with then-Vice President Joe Biden in the West Wing.
More on Hunter and Joe Biden's Linked Finances
Jon Levine, New York Post, April 9
Hunter Biden’s access to lucrative financial opportunities also came with expectations — including kicking back as much as 50% of his earnings to his dad, text messages on his old laptop show.
11 Times Joe Biden Involved in Suspect Family Deals
Wendell Husebo, Breitbart, April 9
President Joe Biden has claimed repeatedly to have no knowledge of his family’s potentually corrupt business dealings, but evidence suggests otherwise.
10% for the 'Big Guy': Joe Biden's Involvement in Hunter's Deal With China Energy Giant
Miranda Devine, New York Post, Nov. 29, 2021
Hunter and uncle Jim Biden entered into a deal with Chinese government-linked energy conglomerate CFEC, and contacted businessman Tony Bobulinski to run the enterprise. Here, an account of the meeting between Bobulinski and “the big guy” — Joe Biden himself.
‘Hiding the Ball’: Hunter Biden Complicates White House Anti-Corruption Push
Ben Schreckinger, Politico, Oct. 12, 2021
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'So far, right-leaning outlets that devoted less attention to the ethical issues raised by the activities of Trump’s relatives have had a field day with the Hunter Biden story. Interest in his activities, meanwhile, has been relatively muted on the left. That may be changing. Along with new evidence that at least some of the alleged laptop material is genuine — as well as other emerging evidence about the deals family members have sought or received from people with an interest in influencing Biden — the bipartisan outcry over the painting venture suggests that the Hunter Biden issue is not going away, and that liberals may increasingly tune in.
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Hunter Biden Arranged Consulting Job for Then-VP Dad
Josh Boswell, Daily Mail, July 20
Emails obtained from Hunter Biden's laptop show Joe Biden planned to join a law and consultancy firm with his sons Hunter and Beau.
Laptop: Hunter Biden's Ill-Gotten Cash Paid Dad's Bills
Miranda Devine, New York Post, July 4
Hunter Biden’s laptop has revealed yet another excruciating example of how he exploited lucrative grace-and-favor jobs and sweetheart deals facilitated by Joe’s network of connections in Delaware
James Biden Abandons UK Energy Venture
After White House Review
Kate Beloley & James Politi, Financial Times, June 9
President Joe Biden’s brother James has abandoned a clean-energy project in the UK after a White House review for potential conflicts of interest.
Ex-FBI Chief Gave $100K to Biden Grandkid Trust as He Sought ‘Future Work’: Hunter emails
Emma-Jo Morris & Bruce Golding, New York Post, May 20
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh gave $100,000 to a trust for two of President Biden’s grandchildren as he sought to pursue “some very good and profitable matters” with him, newly surfaced emails revealed.
Hunter Biden Emails Mapped Post-VP Wealth Deals for Dad
Luke Rosiak, The Daily Wire, May 17
Midway through Joe Biden's second term as vice president, his son Hunter Biden and an associate were planning to create a firm that Hunter said would include him, Joe Biden, and his now-deceased brother Beau, emails show.
Ex-colleague of Hunter Biden's Lawyer Gets Top DOJ Job
Lachlan Markey, Axios, Feb. 2
Hunter Biden hired a new attorney to assist with his federal criminal defense a month before his father became president. On Inauguration Day, one of that lawyer’s close colleagues was tapped to temporarily lead the Justice Department’s criminal division.
Penn Denies Renewed Allegations of Foreign Donations to Biden Center After GOP Letter
Imran Siddiqui, The Daily Pennsylvanian, Jan. 29
The letter from House Republicans to University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann on Jan. 27, alleges that the school received millions of dollars in undisclosed funds from China before and after the formation of the Penn Biden Center, suggesting it is an example of Biden’s “illicit ties to foreign adversaries.” University spokesperson Stephen MacCarthy: “The Penn Biden Center has never solicited or received any gifts from any Chinese or other foreign entity."
Biden to Brother Frank: 'For Christ's Sake, Watch Yourself'
Korecki et al., Politico, Jan. 29
In the midst of his campaign for president, Joe Biden took his younger brother, Frank, aside to issue a warning. “For Christ’s sake, watch yourself,” Biden said of his brother’s potential business dealings, according to a person with knowledge of the conversation. “Don’t get sucked into something that would, first of all, hurt you."
Biden Brother Touts Ties to President in Ad for Law Firm
Brian Schwartz, CNBC, Jan. 27
President Joe Biden’s brother Frank promoted his relationship to the commander-in-chief in an Inauguration Day advertisement for the law firm he advises.
'Entire Biden Family' Invoked in Hunter's China Funding Plea
Brooke Singman, Fox News Dec. 16, 2020
Correspondence between Hunter Biden and CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming from 2017 shows President-elect Joe Biden's son extending "best wishes from the entire Biden family," and urging the chairman to "quickly" send a $10 million wire to "properly fund and operate" the Biden joint venture with the now-bankrupt Chinese energy company.
Hunter Biden: Dad, Chinese Partner 'Office Mates'
Chuck Ross, The Daily Caller, Dec. 11
Hunter Biden referred to President-elect Joe Biden and his Chinese business partner as "office mates" in an email to the general manager of the House of Sweden.
Hunter Biden's Partner Bobulinski on Meetings with Joe
Michael Goodwin, New York Post, Oct. 27
For Tony Bobulinski, the meetings with Joe Biden are unforgettable, and not because they had anything to do with politics. It’s because that’s when Bobulinski fully understood that Joe was very much involved in the foreign business schemes that son Hunter Biden and Joe’s brother Jim had cooked up.
Hunter Biden's Ex-Partner: Joe Knew
Andrew Duehren & James T. Areddy, Wall Street Journal, Oct. 25
An ex-business partner of Hunter Biden, in a news conference organized by the Trump campaign, alleged that former Vice President Joe Biden was part of discussions around his son’s efforts to form an investment venture with a Chinese oil company.
Files: Hunter Biden Venture Eyed Cuomo, Schumer for Deals
Bowden et al., New York Post, Oct. 23
A failed Hunter Biden business venture — which an ex-partner said involved Joe Biden — targeted key domestic contacts including Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York for potential projects across the country.
Hunter Biden-Tied CEO Opening Files to Senate
John Solomon, Just the News, Oct. 22
Sinohawk Holdings CEO Tony Bobulinski says Joe Biden was supposed to get piece of his son's Chinese venture.
Hunter Allies' Emails: He Was 'Currency'
Peter Schweizer, Breitbart, Oct. 22
Hunter Biden’s business associates spoke candidly in emails about Hunter Biden’s role in the business, particularly as it related to foreign ventures, apparently viewing the Biden name as a form of “currency,” and bragging that they had a “direct … pipeline” to the Obama-Biden Administration.
'Big Guy' in Email Was Joe Biden, Recipient Confirms
Matthew Boyle, Breitbart, Oct. 22
A whistleblower CEO and Biden insider, Tony Bobulinski, released a public statement on Wednesday evening backing up the reporting of the New York Post from last week and claiming that he personally witnessed Democrat presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden discussing business deals with his son, Hunter Biden.
Charities, China, and the Biden Family Grift
Julie Kelly, American Greatness, Oct. 21
A few days before the 2016 presidential election, outgoing Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, announced the formation of the Biden Foundation.
Photo Shows Joe Biden With Son's Alleged Kazakh Partner
Ebony Bowden, New York Post, Oct. 20
A new photograph has emerged of Democratic nominee Joe Biden posing with Hunter Biden and Kenes Rakishev, a Kazakh oligarch who reportedly worked with the former veep's scandal-scarred son.
Hunter Biden-China Email Mentions Split for 'the Big Guy'
Brooke Singman, Fox News, Oct. 19
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has remained mum on questions about his knowledge of his son Hunter's overseas business dealings, which were discussed in a series of emails purportedly found on a laptop belonging to his son.
Hunter Biden's Family Chinese Takeout
Emma-Jo Morris & Gabrielle Fonrouge, New York Post, Oct. 15
Hunter Biden pursued lucrative deals involving China's largest private energy company — including one that he said would be "interesting for me and my family."
Biden's Hunter Denial vs. Evidence on Moscow Mayor's Wife
John Solomon, Just the News, Oct. 5
Biden flat out denied his son Hunter had any business relationship with the Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina, the billionaire wife of the late Moscow mayor conflicts with the record.
Feds Tracked Overseas Cash Pocketed by Hunter Biden
Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times, Oct. 4
The Democratic presidential nominee denied that his lawyer son took huge sums of money from corrupt oligarchs and Chinese communists during his vice presidency, but Treasury Department reports show that Hunter Biden did receive the money.
For Biden Family, a History of Tax Problems
Alana Goodman, Washington Free Beacon, Aug. 9
Hunter Biden was hit with a $450,000 lien for delinquent state income taxes in July and settled the debt in six days despite having no discernible income. The lien is the latest in a series of substantial tax problems members of the Biden family have faced over the years, from Joe's brother James’s six-figure tax debt in 2015 to multiple liens filed against Joe's sister Valerie and her husband.
Secret Service Security for Hunter Biden on 400+ Flights
John Solomon, Just the News, June 29
The son of the vice president went on 29 international trips with Secret Service in tow, according to records released under FOIA to Judicial Watch.
Penn Denies Penn Biden Center
Accepted Undisclosed China Donations
Tori Sousa, Daily Pennsylvanian, May 30
University spokesperson Stephen MacCarthy denied the validity of the complaint, calling the allegations “completely untrue.” “We have never solicited any gifts for the Penn Biden Center. Since its inception in 2017, there have been three unsolicited gifts, from two donors, which combined [to a total of] $1,100. Neither of the donors [was] from China,” MacCarthy wrote in a statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Watchdog Asks Feds to Investigate Penn, Biden Center
for Millions in Anonymous China Donations
Daniel Payne, Just the News, May 27
A watchdog group is asking the U.S. Education Department to investigate the University of Pennsylvania and its Biden Center, a diplomacy and global engagement initiative named after the Democratic presidential candidate, for accepting millions of dollars in anonymous funds from Chinese donors. The complaint, filed by the National Legal and Policy Center, says that over the past three years, the university has accepted around $22 million in anonymous funding from Chinese sources. That's out of a total of more than $70 million from Chinese donors during that time, the NLPC said.
Hunter Biden's Foreign Visits Cost Taxpayers $200,000
Yuichiro Kakutani, Washington Free Beacon, March 16
As Hunter Biden zipped across the globe for his business deals while his father was vice president, taxpayers paid $193,696 for his Secret Service entourage.
Ukraine Court: Probe Biden Role in Prosecutor Sack
David L. Stern & Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, Feb. 27
A court ruling in Ukraine has forced state investigators to open a probe into alleged pressure by then-vice president Joe Biden that led to the 2016 dismissal of Viktor Shokin as the country’s prosecutor general, officials said Thursday.
Biden Son Was on Trade Board Urging Obama-Era Ukraine Aid
Chuck Ross, Daily Caller, Feb. 18
Hunter Biden was on the board of a trade coalition that lobbied the Obama administration in 2014 on foreign assistance to Ukraine, and appears to have set up a State Department meeting for the group’s president.
Lobbyist Bought Tropical Land From Biden’s brother
Ben Schreckinger, Politico, May 28
In 2005, Joe Biden’s brother bought an acre of land with excellent ocean views on a remote island in the Caribbean for $150,000. He divided it into three parcels, and the next year a lobbyist close to the Delaware senator bought one of the parcels for what had been the cost of the entire property. Later, the lobbyist gave Biden’s brother a mortgage loan on the remaining parcels.
The Benefits of Being Joe Biden’s Brother
Golden et al., ProPublica, Feb. 14
Jim Biden has been at his brother’s side at nearly every critical junction in Joe’s life. He’s also repeatedly tapped into Joe’s political network for help with his finances, and used Joe’s fame to promote his business ventures.
‘Middle Class’ Joe Biden Has a Corruption Problem – It Makes Him a Weak Candidate
Zephyr Teachout, The Guardian, Jan. 20
Democrats are trying to choose a candidate to beat Donald Trump, the most corrupt president in history. Some think nominating Joe Biden, a moderate white man who calls himself “Middle Class” Joe, makes sense. But Biden has a big corruption problem and it makes him a weak candidate.
How Five Members of Joe Biden’s Family Got Rich Through His Connections
Peter Schweizer, New York Post, Jan. 18
Political figures have long used their families to route power and benefits for their own self-enrichment. In my new book, “Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite,” one particular politician — Joe Biden — emerges as the king of the sweetheart deal, with no less than five family members benefiting from his largesse, favorable access and powerful position for commercial gain. In Biden’s case, these deals include foreign partners and, in some cases, even U.S. taxpayer dollars.
How Frank Biden Leveraged His Name for Business Gain
Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, Jan. 17
In 2009, the year Joe Biden took office as vice president, a local business executive met the politician’s younger brother, Frank, at a Starbucks in Florida and later asked him to become president and front man for a fledgling charter school venture -- leading to a series of contracts earning Frank hundreds of thousands.
House of Cards: How Joe Built a Financial System Good for Delaware's Banks
Tim Murphy, Mother Jones, Nov./Dec. 2020
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'Late in Biden’s 1996 reelection campaign, a consultant working for his Republican opponent pushed a troubling story: The senator had sold his home to an executive from the credit card company MBNA for double its appraised value. MBNA called the story “viciously false,” and Biden pushed back hard enough that his opponent fired the consultant. True, he had sold his house to an MBNA executive—but at its appraised value. Not long after that, though, the company hired Biden’s youngest son, Hunter, and the criticism stuck: Biden became, to his detractors, “the senator from MBNA.”
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Hunter Biden Defends Foreign Ventures but Concedes Political 'Mistake'
Thompson et. al, ABC News, Oct. 15
As President Donald Trump continues to fill his Twitter feed and campaign speeches with attacks on Hunter Biden over his foreign business deals, the former vice president’s son defended the ethical implications of his private ventures in an interview with ABC News, but conceded taking a misstep in failing to foresee the political implications on his father’s career.
Biden’s brother touted Biden Cancer Initiative ties in investment pitch
Ben Schreckinger, Politico, Sept. 26
Joe Biden’s brother told executives at a healthcare firm that the former vice president’s cancer initiative would promote their business, according to a participant in the conversation, who said the promise came as part of a pitch on behalf of potential investors in the firm.
Biden Pledges 'Absolute Wall' to Separate Relatives' Business Dealings
Marc Captuo & Ben Schreckinger, Politico, Aug. 28
Joe Biden pledged to erect an "absolute wall" between the presidency and his family's business dealings and said he has never discussed business with relatives. "I have never discussed, with my son or my brother or with anyone else, anything having to do with their businesses. Period," he said.
Execs Claim Biden’s Brother Offered Biden’s Help Promoting Business Venture
Ben Schreckinger, Politico, Aug. 26
Joe Biden’s younger brother told potential business partners that the former vice president would help their firm land business with court systems and would incorporate their health care model into his 2020 presidential campaign, according to new allegations made in a court filing in Tennessee.
Biden Inc: The Rise of Joe and His Family's Business
Ben Schreckinger, Politico, Aug. 2
Biden’s image as a straight-shooting man of the people is clouded by the careers of his son and brother, who have lengthy track records of making, or seeking, deals that cash in on his name. Interviews, court records, government filings and news reports reveal that some members of the Biden family have consistently mixed business and politics over nearly half a century, moving from one business to the next as Joe’s stature in Washington grew.