Hunter Biden reveals he never wanted Joe Biden to run for re-election, but refused to tell him to stop

Hunter Biden revealed successful an question and reply connected Saturday that he ne'er wanted his father, former President Joe Biden, to tally for a 2nd term.

Over nan past fewer months, Hunter has been connected a podcast tour speaking retired astir what it was for illustration to beryllium Biden’s boy during his presidency and offering his return connected politics. Following nan afloat national pardon granted by his begetter successful December 2024, Hunter has made usage of his state to speak off-the-cuff. 

During nan recent question and reply pinch NPR, Hunter was asked by nan big of NPR’s "Newsmakers" whether he wanted his begetter to person tally for re-election successful nan first place.

"No. No," Hunter replied.

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Hunter Biden revealed that he was against his father, Joe Biden, moving for re-election, but refused connected rule to show him not to run. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

When asked whether he had told then-President Joe Biden this, Hunter answered, "No. I told him this, is that I would for illustration I'd done my full life, is that I supported immoderate he thought was champion arsenic it related to what he wanted to do to serve."

"There was thing that was much important to maine than getting my dada back, getting my family back," he added further. "And nan presidency does thing that group I don't deliberation afloat comprehend. A president — it's almost intolerable for a president to beryllium afloat coming successful nan lives of nan group that he loves nan most, because it is virtually all-consuming. It is an all-consuming thing."

Hunter rejected reports that he had egged his dada connected to enactment successful nan running, replying, "Literally thing could beryllium further from nan truth, and I deliberation that they cognize that."

He past turned nan mobility astir connected nan media and asked, "But conscionable from a logical perspective, what would I perchance person to summation to proceed to beryllium nan target that I was?"

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Hunter Biden, boy of erstwhile U.S. President Joe Biden, noted that nan presidency is an all-consuming occupation that makes 1 little capable to give attraction to their family. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

"The 4 years of his presidency were, I think, by anybody's estimation, a really difficult 4 years — a batch of it my ain making, but a batch of it conscionable simply because of who he was and nan position that he held — successful which nan struggles that I was trying to flooded successful sobriety, sober this full time, building a family and rebuilding a family, to do it while he was president was possibly 1 of nan astir difficult things that I tin ever ideate putting personification through," he said.

"And much than anything, I conscionable wanted to person my dada back," he concluded.

The NPR big past asked whether he fto his begetter cognize astir these concerns earlier he decided to tally for re-election. Hunter replied that he only aired these concerns aft Joe had made his choice, arguing that different it would person been unfair to load his begetter pinch his ain concerns.

"No, because I deliberation it's unfair for maine to do because this — because I cognize this also. There's only 1 point my dada cares astir much than his service, and that's maine and my mom, my sister, and his grandkids, my children," he said. "There's only 1 point that he cared astir much than his job, and that's his family. And for personification successful his family, peculiarly me, to say, 'Dad, please don't do it,' I don't cognize really — I deliberation that's incredibly unfair to do to somebody. I would ne'er want to beryllium that. I would ne'er want it to beryllium nan logic that he didn't fulfill what he believed was his work and service."

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Hunter Biden noted that he had made things difficult for his father's presidency, and that his father's presidency and nan scrutiny that followed made his individual betterment difficult successful turn. (Getty Images)

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