United States | The prodigal son

House Republicans are no closer to tying Hunter Biden’s activities to Joe

Yet the president’s wayward son could still cause Democrats damage

President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, greet members of the Air Force at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y. on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.
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At the start of his memoir, “Beautiful Things”, published in 2021, Hunter Biden, the second son of the president of the United States, begins with a single claim that summarises the argument of the book. “I am not Eric Trump or Donald Trump, Jr,” he writes. “I’ve worked for someone other than my father, rose and fell on my own.”

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