Mehdi Hasan interviewed Hunter Biden in person for his podcast, discussing various topics including the Biden family's influence during Joe Biden's presidency and the situation in Gaza. Key points include Hunter's criticism of his father's friendship with Benjamin Netanyahu and his views on the Democratic Party, which he considers "insanity". The interview covers several sensitive subjects, including Hunter's own addiction battle and his relationship with Hallie Biden, whom he dated and helped get addicted to crack cocaine. The conversation was described as candid and at times heated, with both Mehdi Hasan and Hunter Biden presenting their perspectives on the issues.
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Hunter Biden, the son of Joe Biden, sat down with Mehdi Hasan for a candid and sometimes heated conversation about various topics. The conversation took place in Los Angeles and was recorded as part of Mehdi's podcast series "Mehdi Unfiltered". During the hour-long discussion, Hunter Biden opened up about his father's alleged enabling of Israel's genocide in Gaza and his friendship with Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis. He also discussed his own struggles with addiction and whether he has made amends with Hallie Biden, the widow of his late brother, whom he dated and helped get addicted to crack cocaine. Additionally, Hunter expressed his thoughts on the 2024 election, suggesting that his father may run for reelection, and criticized the Democratic Party as being disappointing and "insane" in its actions, specifically mentioning a secret meeting between party leader Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner.
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By now, you’ve seen Hunter Biden everywhere – from NPR to the BBC to even Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens’ shows.
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And while you think you may already know Hunter Biden, Mehdi flew out to Los Angeles to sit down with him in person and get to the bottom of some unanswered questions, including Hunter’s influence during Joe Biden’s presidency, the genocide in Gaza, and whether he accepts any responsibility for the right-wing attacks on him and the Biden family name.
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This is not one of the typical, cozy podcast chats you’ve seen with Hunter Biden.
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In true ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ fashion, this is a candid, challenging, and, at times, even heated exchange centered on big issues and hard truths.
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In this hour-long conversation, Hunter Biden divulges all on:
His father enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and the then president’s friendship with Benjamin Netanyahu
The latest news about Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis
His own battle with addiction
His role in contributing to the right-wing “Biden crime family” narrative
Whether he pushed his father to run for reelection in 2024
Why he believes Kamala Harris was not always “loyal” to his father
Whether he’s made amends with Hallie Biden, his late brother’s widow whom he dated and helped get addicted to crack cocaine
Why he appeared on Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson’s shows
His pick for Democratic presidential nominee in 2028
And why he’s “always disappointed” in the Democratic Party – and thinks it was “insanity” for Hakeem Jeffries to secretly meet with Jared Kushner.
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At the start of their conversation, Mehdi asks Hunter Biden if his self-description as an “open book” applies to this interview too, to which Biden responds: “It certainly does,” before adding with a laugh: “I’d like to say to the camera that I brought this on myself.”
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Paid subscribers can watch the hour-long interview in full above, without a paywall.
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Free subscribers can watch a four-minute preview.
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You can follow Hunter Biden on Substack and on Twitter.
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