Byron York:
Finally, there is the speaking and public appearance income Biden had hoped to have. It hasnāt materialized. āGiven the positive feedback and review of my artwork and memoir, I was expecting to obtain paid speaking engagements and paid appearances,ā Biden wrote, ābut that has not happened.ā
Biden has also suffered some bad luck. He is a resident of the Los Angeles area, and his house, a rental, was damaged by the Pacific Palisades fire. āLike many others in that situation, I am having difficulty in finding a new permanent place to live,ā Biden wrote. For all those reasons, Biden concluded that he just did not have the money to continue the lawsuit.
We should all feel compassion for people who have suffered from the terrible fires. But Bidenās much larger problem is that he built his career, his way of making income, on the fact of having a powerful father. Heās done it all his life because his father was powerful for all his sonās life. Joe Biden was a senator for 36 years, a vice president for eight years, and president for four years. All that time, there was money to be made by being closely related to the powerful man.
But now, Joe Biden, 82 years old, is no longer president. He left the White House an unpopular leader, particularly so with many in his party who blame him for the Democratsā defeat in 2024. He has also been succeeded by a man who, while only four years younger than him, has shown incredible energy and drive in his first months in the White House ā a stark contrast to Joe Bidenās quiet exit.
Finally, Hunter Biden also has to live with the fact that he is, and will always be, a recovering drug addict. One only has to look at some of the contents of the laptop to see the depths to which he sank while addicted. People should wish him well in overcoming that.
But the fact remains, Hunter Biden, for all his other problems, chose to go into the Joe Biden business. It made him a lot of money over the decades. Even when he evaded paying taxes on millions of dollars in income, a new friend who just happened to be a big supporter of Joe Biden appeared on the scene to āloanā Hunter millions of dollars to pay his back taxes and maintain a lavish lifestyle. And, of course, Joe Biden gave his son an unusually broad pardon in the final days of his term. There were a lot of benefits.
Finally, there is the speaking and public appearance income Biden had hoped to have. It hasnāt materialized. āGiven the positive feedback and review of my artwork and memoir, I was expecting to obtain paid speaking engagements and paid appearances,ā Biden wrote, ābut that has not happened.ā
Biden has also suffered some bad luck. He is a resident of the Los Angeles area, and his house, a rental, was damaged by the Pacific Palisades fire. āLike many others in that situation, I am having difficulty in finding a new permanent place to live,ā Biden wrote. For all those reasons, Biden concluded that he just did not have the money to continue the lawsuit.
We should all feel compassion for people who have suffered from the terrible fires. But Bidenās much larger problem is that he built his career, his way of making income, on the fact of having a powerful father. Heās done it all his life because his father was powerful for all his sonās life. Joe Biden was a senator for 36 years, a vice president for eight years, and president for four years. All that time, there was money to be made by being closely related to the powerful man.
But now, Joe Biden, 82 years old, is no longer president. He left the White House an unpopular leader, particularly so with many in his party who blame him for the Democratsā defeat in 2024. He has also been succeeded by a man who, while only four years younger than him, has shown incredible energy and drive in his first months in the White House ā a stark contrast to Joe Bidenās quiet exit.
Finally, Hunter Biden also has to live with the fact that he is, and will always be, a recovering drug addict. One only has to look at some of the contents of the laptop to see the depths to which he sank while addicted. People should wish him well in overcoming that.
But the fact remains, Hunter Biden, for all his other problems, chose to go into the Joe Biden business. It made him a lot of money over the decades. Even when he evaded paying taxes on millions of dollars in income, a new friend who just happened to be a big supporter of Joe Biden appeared on the scene to āloanā Hunter millions of dollars to pay his back taxes and maintain a lavish lifestyle. And, of course, Joe Biden gave his son an unusually broad pardon in the final days of his term. There were a lot of benefits.
