Social Media Reacts To Biden Pardoning Son Hunter

Photo: Getty Images President Joe Biden has announced that he pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who was set to be sentenced this month for federal tax and gun convictions. “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” Biden said in a statement on Sunday (December 1), per CNN. According to a copy of the executive grant of clemency, Biden granted his son a “full and unconditional pardon,” meaning it cannot be rescinded by President-elect Donald Trump. The president’s pardon comes after Hunter was convicted in June of illegally buying and possessing a gun as a drug user. In September, Hunter also pleaded guilty to nine tax offenses after he allegedly failed to pay $1.4 million in taxes while he spent money on escorts, strippers, cars, and drugs. Special counsel David Weiss, who Trump appointed as US attorney for Delaware, opened an investigation into Hunter in 2018 and filed both indictments in 2023. Hunter’s cases revolved around his longtime struggle with drug addiction and alcoholism. “I have admitted and taken responsibility for my mistakes during the darkest days of my addiction — mistakes that have been exploited to publicly humiliate and shame me and my family for political sport,” Hunter...