Hunter Biden is an American lawyer and businessman, the son of President Joe Biden and Neilia Hunter Biden. In 2013, he helped start BHR Partners, a Chinese investment firm, and served on the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company, from 2014 to 2019.
Since 2019, Hunter Biden has faced unproven accusations of corruption, especially related to Ukraine. In 2020, a controversial story involving his laptop gained attention. In 2024, he was convicted on federal gun charges for owning a firearm while using drugs. His tax dealings have been under investigation since 2018, and in September 2024, he pled guilty to tax crimes. In December 2024, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, despite earlier promises not to intervene.
Hunter Biden Biography
Robert Hunter Biden was born on February 4, 1970, in Wilmington, Delaware, USA and he is 54 years old as of 2024. He is a White American who believes in Christianity. 1imdbÂ
Hunter Biden Education
Hunter attended Archmere Academy, the same Catholic high school as his father and brother. He earned a degree in history from Georgetown University in 1992. After graduating, he volunteered at a church in Portland, Oregon, where he met Kathleen Buhle, whom he married in 1993. He later graduated from Yale Law School in 1996 after transferring from Georgetown’s law program. 2britannicaÂ
Hunter Biden Parents
Hunter Biden was born to Joe Biden and Neilia Biden. In 1972, his mother and younger sister, Naomi, died in a car accident. Hunter and his older brother, Beau, were seriously injured but survived. While recovering in the hospital, their father was sworn into the U.S. Senate in January 1973.
Hunter and Beau encouraged their father to remarry, and Jill Biden became their stepmother. Hunter’s half-sister, Ashley, was born in 1981. 3britannicaÂ
Hunter Biden’s Wife & Children
Hunter Biden married Kathleen Buhle in 1993, and they had three daughters: Naomi Biden, Finnegan Biden, and Maisey Biden. They separated in 2015 and divorced in 2017. Buhle later wrote about their marriage in her 2022 memoir, If We Break.
In 2016, Hunter began a relationship with Hallie Biden, his late brother Beau’s widow, but they ended things in 2019. Around the same time, he was also romantically involved with Zoe Kestan.
Hunter has a fourth child named Navy Joan Roberts with Lunden Alexis Roberts. Although he initially denied being the father, a DNA test confirmed paternity. A legal settlement in 2020 required Hunter to pay monthly child support. In 2023, they agreed on a new arrangement involving financial support and some of Hunter’s paintings.
In May 2019, Hunter married Melissa Cohen, a South African filmmaker, just days after meeting her. They have a son named Beau Biden, who is named after Hunter’s late brother. 4peopleÂ
Hunter Biden’s Career Journey
After graduating from law school in 1996, Hunter Biden joined MBNA, a bank holding company, where he eventually became executive vice president by 1998. He briefly delayed starting at MBNA to help with his father’s Senate reelection campaign. After leaving MBNA in 1998, he worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce under President Bill Clinton, focusing on e-commerce policy.
In 2001, Hunter co-founded the lobbying firm Oldaker, Biden & Belair. At the same time, MBNA rehired him as a consultant, paying him $100,000 annually until 2005. This arrangement drew criticism because his father supported a bankruptcy law that benefited the credit card industry, including MBNA.
In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed Hunter to the Amtrak board of directors. He served as vice chairman from 2006 to 2009 but resigned shortly after his father became vice president, stating that he was ending his lobbying work.
In 2006, Hunter Biden and his uncle James bought the hedge fund Paradigm Global Advisors using an $8 million loan. The fund struggled and closed in 2010 after being promoted by a company linked to the troubled Stanford Financial Group.
In September 2008, Hunter started Seneca Global Advisors, a consulting company that helped businesses enter foreign markets. He was also involved in other investment projects with “Seneca” in their names. In 2009, he, Devon Archer, and Christopher Heinz founded Rosemont Seneca Partners, an investment and advisory firm. Hunter also co-founded a venture capital company called Eudora Global and worked as a lawyer at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP in 2014. From 2011 to 2017, he served on the board of World Food Program USA, a charity supporting the UN World Food Programme, and was the board chairman from 2011 to 2015.
An NBC News investigation found that Hunter and his firm received $11 million between 2013 and 2018. This included $3.8 million from CEFC China Energy, a now-closed oil and gas company connected to the Chinese government, and payments from Burisma Holdings.
In a U.S. criminal tax case, prosecutors allege that Hunter accepted money from Romanian businessman Gabriel Popoviciu to influence U.S. government agencies about a criminal investigation in Romania. On September 5, 2024, Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to tax evasion and related charges. These charges are connected to his work for Popoviciu in 2015 when Joe Biden was vice president.
On May 24, 2024, a final pre-trial hearing was held for Hunter Biden’s gun charges. The judge ruled that prosecutors could not mention his California tax trial, child support case in Arkansas, Navy discharge, or statements from a failed 2023 plea deal. However, they were allowed to discuss his drug use, parts of his memoir Beautiful Things, and data from his electronic devices.
The trial began on June 3, 2024. Hunter faced charges for illegally owning a gun as a drug user, lying on a federal form when buying the gun, and providing false information to a licensed gun dealer. The charges were linked to a gun he bought in October 2018. Three of his former partners testified about his drug use and the gun purchase. On June 11, Hunter was found guilty of three federal gun violations, becoming the first child of a sitting U.S. president to be convicted in a criminal trial. As a result, his law license in Washington, D.C., was suspended.
Hunter was set to be sentenced on December 12, 2024, but his father, President Joe Biden, pardoned him on December 1, 2024. 5wikipedia
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