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As jury selection in Hunter Biden\u2019s gun possession trial began on Monday, his father released a statement that illustrated the fine line he is trying to walk in the midst of his re-election campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am the president, but I am also a dad,\u201d said Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His statement goes on to express support for his son, who could face up to 25 years in prison for allegedly lying about his drug addiction when filling out background documents for a 2018 handgun purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs president, I don\u2019t and won\u2019t comment on pending federal cases,\u201d he continues. \u201cBut as a dad, I have boundless love for my son, confidence in him and respect for his strength.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hunter Biden\u2019s struggles with drug addiction are common knowledge at this point. He has discussed them publicly and written about them in his memoir – revelations that will soon act as evidence in his trial and fodder for public consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joe Biden has previously publicly addressed his son\u2019s tumultuous personal life. In the first presidential debate with Donald Trump in 2020, he said he was \u201cproud\u201d of his only surviving son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy son, like a lot of people you know at home, had a drug problem,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s overtaken it. He\u2019s fixed it. He\u2019s worked on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Four years ago, President Biden was responding to Trump\u2019s attacks on the debate stage. Now, however, his statement could be an attempt to defuse what is shaping up to be a politically fraught moment, where his son\u2019s troubled past – and, by extension, that of the entire Biden family – will be on full display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BBC: As jury selection in Hunter Biden\u2019s gun possession trial began on Monday, his father released a statement that illustrated the fine line he is trying to walk in the midst of his re-election campaign. \u201cI am the president, but I am also a dad,\u201d said Joe Biden. His statement goes on to express support for his son, who could face up to 25 years in prison for allegedly lying about his drug addiction when filling out background documents for a 2018 handgun purchase. \u201cAs president, I don\u2019t and won\u2019t comment on pending federal cases,\u201d he continues. \u201cBut as a… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39804,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39802\/revisions\/39804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}