During an interview on ‘Good Morning America’ with Amy Robach, Hunter Biden made the admission that having the last name ‘Biden’ opened up a lot of opportunities for him in his life, including lucrative business opportunities.
Watch the clip:
Partial Transcript:
ROBACH: “In the list you gave me of the reasons why you’re on that board, you did not list the fact that you were the son of the Vice President.”
BIDEN: “Of course. Yeah, no —“
ROBACH: “What role do you think that played?
BIDEN: “I think that it is impossible for me to be on any of the boards that I just mentioned without saying that I’m the son of the Vice President of the United States.”
ROBACH: “You were paid $50,000 a month for your position?”
BIDEN: “Look, I’m a private citizen. One thing I don’t have to do is sit here and open my kimono as it relates to how much money I make or did or didn’t, but it’s all been reported.”
ROBACH: “If your last name wasn’t Biden, do you think you would have been asked to be on the board or Burisma?”
BIDEN: “I don’t know. I don’t know. Probably not. I don’t think that there’s a lot of things that would have happened in my life if my last name wasn’t Biden.”
More via Reuters:
“Hunter Biden, son of former vice president and leading Democratic contender in the 2020 race for the White House Joe Biden, defended his overseas work in his first television interview after months of political attacks, but expressed regret over how it has been used to bludgeon his father.
Hunter Biden, 49, is at the center of perhaps the largest scandal confronting U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump has accused Hunter Biden of using his father’s influence to help secure Chinese backing for his investments, and has publicly called on Beijing to investigate Hunter Biden’s role in the company.
Hunter Biden said he “did nothing wrong at all” in an interview with ABC News that aired on Tuesday, but conceded he may have provided an opening to attacks on his father.
“In retrospect, look, I think that it was poor judgment on my part … I gave a hook to some very unethical people to act in illegal ways to try to do some harm to my father. That’s where I made the mistake,” Hunter Biden told ABC News.
“So I take full responsibility for that. Did I do anything improper? No, not in any way,” he said.
Days earlier, Hunter Biden said through a lawyer he was stepping down from the board of the Chinese company that has been the subject of criticism from Trump and his allies. He also said he would not work for a foreign-owned company if his father was elected president in 2020.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
“BIDEN: “I don’t know. I don’t know. Probably not. I don’t think that there’s a lot of things that would have happened in my life if my last name wasn’t Biden.”
Yep, if you were not a Biden, drug charges would have definitely been in your future.
And let’s not forget that your father has been a trough-swilling politician for YEARS, so like Dad, like Son. That’s what democratic/liberals who are in politics WAY TO LONG do. Just look at Chelsea Clinton and what SHE got away with because both mother and father were trough-swilling politicians for years.
Its’ a fact that those who abuse their power think they deserve it in their “FIEFDOM”.
You couldn’t even be a cashier in REAL life. Owner needs to TRUST and with problems with drugs, well….
Why does the fake news even need to be interviewing Hunter Biden when his crazy father is on tape telling the world that he told the leader of Ukraine that if he does not fire the prosecutor that is investigating his son the then vice president Joe Biden was taking the American taxpayers aid money and going home and then crazy Joe said low and behold they fired the guy. That is a confession of wrong doing admitted to by Biden so the case is closed, he is a dishonest person and the news media needs to stop covering up for him.
Fake media part of the problem. Need distractions as the American People are truly realizing on their own how BAD the past administration really was. Plus it goes with the “coup” fake story.
Fake media covering up for many. Obama, Hilary, Pelosi, Schumer, and lets not forget the “Squad” and their traitorous ways against the American people. Also let’s not forget the traitorous Rhinos and the never-trumpers. Fake media helping them as well.
THANK GOD for PRESIDENT TRUMP! None of this would ever come to light if OUR President didn’t stand strong, and get out the REAL facts.
Your right, but you forgot to include SWAMP SNAKE, WORLDS COMPULSIVE LIAR DRAMA QUEEN “ADAM SCHIFF”, UGLY WRIGGLE FACE, OLD LADY BLASTING BIG MOUTH “MAXINE WATERS”
THE DEMORATS ARE COMPLETE TRASH AND ALL MUST BE EXPELLED FROM CONGRESS.
GOD BLESS HISTORICAL PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, WHO WILL WIN, WIN, WIN IN 2020
Hunter Biden is a “D-K head”. It is documented that he is/was a “coke-head”; he romances his brother’s widow; he gets paid an exorbitant salary from a foreign nation for a job he knows nothing about; and then has the gall to say his name “may” open up opportunities for him. The guy is sleaze, personified.
no argument here
Hunter is a criminal among a family of criminals and they should all be executed.
How nice. Yep figured as much from this Administration. Personally enriching themselves on the backs of the American citizens.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/18/report-obama-administration-rebuffed-warnings-about-corruption-linked-to-hunter-bidens-ukraine-work/
And reading this fake media fluff..
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/432956-obama-i-based-my-presidency-on-facts-and-reason-and-logic
No facts, reason or logic needed in this past administration.
“The former president drew applause when he told the crowd that his strategies focused on problem-solving, not personal gain, which helped his administration avoid “big scandals and indictments,” taking an apparent swipe at President Trump.”
So full of BS! All to do with YOUR personal gain and avoid “big scandals and indictments”? Yep you did by forcing the fake media with spying on journalists to keep mum, and let’s not forget that ANYONE say ANYTHING about this Former President, deemed racial right away. And let’s not forget the IRS and it’s strong arm of Conservative groups. And regarding ambassadors, Benghazi comes to mind. Let those poor men die, and Administration did nothing…crickets
Obama, that’s why you are part of the “coup” with Hilary. That’s what the spying was all about. Liar in chief, along with his VP, State Dept head (clinton) are all going to go down as the fake media is having a real hard time keeping the TRUTH at bay.
Hey Obama should talk to Netflex, I bet they would love a “reality show” showing a Former President in GITMO, with his friends for the crimes against the American Citizens. I know I would watch and wish for this EVERY DAY!
Obama Administration DOUBLED The debt, but they used logic, reason, and problem solving? I truly don’t think so.