“Mr. Biden lives abroad.” Those four words in a filing from Barry Coburn confirmed what had long been rumored about his client: Hunter Biden has left the country as his former lawyers and creditors seek millions in unpaid debts. He added, “He cannot pay his current lawyers.”
As I wrote about years ago, Biden’s art grift would dry up as soon as he could no longer deliver influence and access to power. Reportedly unable to move art, Hunter has moved out of the reach of many creditors. He is rumored to be in South Africa, where his wife, Melissa Cohen, was born and raised.
Hunter is the Blanche DuBois of American politics. He has always relied on the kindness (and greed) of strangers when he could allegedly offer influence or access to his father, Joe Biden.
Hunter told a South African podcast in November that “We’re trying to be between Cape Town and the States, go back and forth.” He added, “I’ve fallen madly in love with Cape Town. You guys do not know how good you have it here. It’s the most beautiful city in the world.”
According to his former counsel at Winston & Strawn LLP, Hunter has not paid a “substantial portion” of the fees owed to his legal team. Hunter told the podcast that he is facing “$17 million in debt … as it relates to my legal fees.”
His criminal defense did not ultimately protect him. He was found guilty of a variety of crimes, and his father then broke his repeated promise to the public and pardoned his own son in December 2024.
I have been a long-time critic of the Bidens, going back to when Joe Biden was still a senator. The family was long accused of influence peddling and corruption. Hunter Biden was hardly subtle in marketing his access and influence. He is now without a law license and any known means of support despite an enabling media that pushed his past books and art.
For those of us who have written about the Bidens for decades, the relocation to South Africa is about as surprising as having his father pop into dinners at Cafe Milano with foreign clients. Hunter Biden is the Enfant terrible created by his father and released upon the world.
I recently wrote that the Swalwell scandal reveals an ironic analogy to Hunter’s signature lifestyle. Swalwell supported Hunter and was by his side as he defied a congressional subpoena. Like Hunter, he has controversial dealings, including using tens of thousands of campaign contributions for child care. He even had the campaign support of Hunter’s “sugar brother” Kevin Morris, who appears to have a proclivity for narcissistic, self-destructive personalities.
Swalwell could also face the same financial crunch as Hunter, as his campaign and congressional money run out. If so, there is always South Africa.
When one’s client is a wet sack of moral and ethical turpitude, the son of a mental incompetent and the scion of a corrupt political family, you pays you money and you takes you chances. I don’t cry for you Barry Coburn, the truth is you knew he’d bite you. He can’t help it. He’s a snake.
“The family was long accused of influence peddling and corruption.”
Well, that certainly settles it. Trump has long been accused of fraud but, wait, he’s also actually been convicted of it. No such proof has happened with President Biden.
Moreover, “as soon as he could no longer deliver influence and access to power” does not appear to have occurred. I am sure Hunter either offered or implied he could offer such access, but it’s not clear how much delivery there was on that offer. The current President got access to $2 Billion for considerations via his son-in-law and the Chinese gave a warm welcome to his daughter and put her Patent applications on a speed run. Those are just a couple of notable cases, with the B747 gift to Trump as the cherry on the corruption sundae.
Would someone think Hunter could do this? Sure, and they would speculated and make up stories about it. Why would anyone think that President Biden would cooperate, baseless accusations aside?
File a suit, take Joe to court, see how it pans out for you when the Trump DoJ failed to do so.