Hunter Biden is no Van Gogh. In addition to having both ears, Hunter’s work has generally been panned beyond an enabling media following. However, he claims he is also a starving artist. The problem appears to be that, as predicted years ago, his sales dried up with the influence-peddling market once his father left office. Now, his lawyers want him to cough up $17 million that he owes them. Hunter says that not only is he broke, but so is his family.
In a deposition in ongoing litigation with the law firm Winston Taylor, Hunter claimed an inability to pay the $17 million he owes his lawyers for representing him in criminal prosecutions, congressional investigations, and civil lawsuits.
Hunter claimed under oath that “I don’t own anything of any value other than — and I don’t know the value of it — my paintings which I painted myself. So that’s it. And I don’t even have any other assets at all, stocks, bonds, anything like that, savings accounts.” He also added, “My family doesn’t have any money, and it’s not their debt anyway.”
The statement about his family is curious, since Joe and Jill Biden recently received numerous book contracts and were thought to be worth millions. However, the Wall Street Journal recently reported that Joe Biden is struggling with $800,000 in debt and, ironically, increased property taxes in his blue state of Delaware on his $2.7 million home. (Moving to Florida like many fleeing blue state taxes is not a viable option for the Bidens).
Worse yet, no one wants Biden to do speeches and appearances, cutting off a lucrative post-presidency income. Not only is Biden obviously diminished in his ability to give a speech, but many Democrats blame him for the reelection of Trump by clinging to power despite his obvious deteriorating mental and physical condition.
Of course, the former president still rakes in more than $400,000 a year in government pensions.
Yet, in the end, Hunter is correct. It is not their debt unless they signed as guarantors on any debt.
Hunter continues to be the darling of the media with podcasts and interviews, including some who have called for him to run for president. He has lived in mansions and luxurious hotels for much of his life. However, that lifestyle was subsidized by wealthy Democratic donors and friends.
What is impressive is how Hunter could burn through millions accrued from alleged influence peddling and shady deals.
Notably, Fox News reports that the law firm, which is known for representing Democratic figures, has tried to connect Biden with donors to help him cover his legal bills, without success. With his father out of power, no one is willing to bankroll his lifestyle or buy his art.
Gone are the former swaggering threats that Hunter could make to shake down foreign figures. There was a time when he only needed to pick up a phone and send a text message like the one to a Chinese businessman, openly threatening Joe Biden’s displeasure if money is not sent to them immediately. In the WhatsApp message, Hunter stated:
“I am sitting here with my father, and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the Chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.”
No one is answering now.
Hunter insisted that he is now virtually destitute: “I don’t have any assets. I don’t own a car. I don’t own a phone.”
Even his recent dubious award of $1.7 million in a defamation case was immediately claimed by the law firm, though that award can and should be appealed.
Hunter has written extensively on his struggle with drugs and alcohol. It is a great achievement to have overcome those addictions. Yet, the accounts would be more compelling if he did not unleash a scorched-earth campaign against critics when he was sober. He sued or threatened to sue a wide array of people to try to muscle them into silence. I was one of those threatened with a defamation lawsuit by his friend and sponsor Kevin Morris for writing about their curious relationship.
Hunter gamed the system on his crimes and was ultimately rescued from prison only by his father breaking his repeated public promise not to pardon his son.
Yet, Hunter is likely to live well as a ward of the privileged class. He remains the toast of the town for the left, a type of foul-mouthed prophet who claims to have been liberated by his own excesses. For those of us who have long been critics of his antics, it remains a bit too familiar.
Hunter makes even being broke look like a grift.
Jonathan Turley is a law professor and the New York Times best-selling author of “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution.”
Jill was at the bottom of it all in cohots with the cabnet white paper writers and political operatives to pull of the biggest con job in a lifetime .She might have a little off shore as does Hunter.
Jill
Didn’t put some money aside for retirement? You weren’t listening to Dave Ramsey. Six months saved for an emergency. Politicians and influencers (I don’t like that word) are really not as smart as they think they are. Hunter–your physically able, go get a job. I’m still working.
Even if his claim of insolvency is true there is no reason to believe Hunter desires to “do the right thing” and pay his lawyers. As his past makes clear, doing the right thing is not his thing, something his lawyers cannot be excused for ignoring.
I hope there is a happy ending to this saga, and by that I mean I hope this loser disappears from the news.
Guess he can’t just go get a job like literally everyone else in the country, huh? No friends or family to call? What a baby. I am still in awe of what we all went through 2020-24. Boo hoo.
James,
He expected to live off his parents or use their influence to cash in on. As we have seen, no one wants to pay for the Biden “influence.” They have none.
| Firm / Contractor | Amount Reported Owed | Type of Work | Source Context |
|————————————–|—————————|—————————————-|—————-|
| NechelesLaw LLP | >$660,000 | Criminal defense | Save America PAC FEC filings |
| Wharton Law PLLC | ~$112,000 | Criminal defense | FEC filings |
| Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | ~$400,000 | Appeals work | FEC filings |
| James Otis Law Group LLC | ~$1,700 | Litigation support | FEC filings |
| Brito PLLC (Florida) | >$44,000 | Defamation & JPMorgan litigation | FEC filings |
| Habba Madaio & Associates LLP | ~$19,000 | Civil litigation | FEC filings |
| William Sturges LLP (London) | ~$27,000 | Commercial legal services | FEC filings |
| Level Law LTD (London) | ~$20,000 | White‑collar legal services | FEC filings |
| AES / Freestate Electrical | $2,075,731.61 | Electrical contractor (Trump DC hotel) | Lawsuit; contractor claims unpaid balance |
| Other Old Post Office contractors | ~$5,000,000 (collective) | Construction & renovation | Multiple contractor claims |
| Edward Friel Cabinetry (Philadelphia) | $83,600 | Cabinetry for Trump Plaza | Family reported unpaid final invoice |
| City / County | Amount Owed | Year(s) of Event | Status Reported by City | Notes |
|————————–|——————–|——————|————————————|——-|
| El Paso, Texas | ~$570,000 | 2019–2020 | Unpaid; city hired outside counsel | Rally security, police overtime, traffic control |
| Albuquerque/Rio Rancho, NM | $444,986 | 2019 | Unpaid; interest added over years | Santa Ana Star Center rally; invoice doubled with fees |
| Erie, Pennsylvania | >$40,000 | 2018, 2023 | Unpaid | Police, traffic, EMS costs |
| Mesa, Arizona | $65,000 | 2018 | Unpaid | Barricades, towing, crowd control |
| Missoula County, Montana | ~$13,000 | 2018 | Unpaid | Law enforcement overtime |
| Ten additional cities (Center for Public Integrity review) | $841,000+ total | Various | Unpaid | CPI identified unpaid municipal invoices but did not list each city publicly |
Were this merely a comparison of Trump to Hunter Biden you could write it off to whataboutism. But when you throw in the $1.776 billion he wants to give to his followers, along with what he really wants is tax evasion for himself, his family, and associates, we’ve reached a new level of grift. Not to mention the billions he’s made this year by selling American policies.
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Thank you! Hunter’s bills are fair game as a subject but not while failing to make the most obvious comparison. My list is woefully incomplete.
Interesting, a bunch of nobodies, worthless old idiots and fools call Hunter Biden a POS?
But annony, who is the bigger no body? That would be you. I mean, Gen Z, 30-something, still living at home. Dependent on your parents for nearly everything.
IF I had a child out of wedlock, it would never occur to me to try to get out of child support. I own up to my responsibilities.
Would you?
Or would you expect your poor parents to pay for your actions? We all know how they are paying for your failure to launch.
Hunter is full of Schiff!
Biden will be the only president in modern times to not even have a library. That’s how pathetic this guy was. Yet we had so-called experts and historians, I am looking at you Brinkley and Mechum, that told us he was FDR.
So says the guy who thinks a comic book is a “book”.
PSYCHO MORON ANON has to chime in as usual.
The attorneys that he owes money to, in addition to others he has taken advantage of, should have followed the old rule of buyer be ware. With his public history that should have been a no-brainer.
So a bunch of attorneys were taken advantage by Hunter Biden? Seriously?
As for that adage, Biden was the buyer. Get that? probably not.
“The attorneys that he owes money to, in addition to others he has taken advantage of, should have followed the old rule of buyer be ware.”
Meh. While a debt is a debt, I suspect that those attorneys have gotten more value in favorable publicity than the actual cost of their service, and possibly more than the amount billed. That idea probably factored heavily into their accepting him as a client in the first place. If they were not already aware of his total lack of character and tendency to welsh on debts and other commitments before they did so, they must be the stupidest shysters in the planet. Either way, I’m not wasting any sympathy on them.
“What is impressive is how Hunter could burn through millions …”
I’ve noticed this ‘super-power’ in many with the ‘addictive mind’.
I think he’s just trying to impress the leftys with his amazing ability to spend spend spend, they must be thinking of somehow capturing his skills to improve their own spend spend spend efficiency. Once Hunter finds a way to tax, he’s their man!
But I’m convinced the secret ingredient is ‘crack’.
“he’s just trying to impress the leftys with his amazing ability to spend spend spend, they must be thinking of somehow capturing his skills to improve their own spend spend spend efficiency.”
That sounds like a viable strategy to run for public office (POTUS?) on the Communist, um, I mean Democratic Party ticket…