I understand that Hunter acted as a lawyer for this company for some time before joining the board. That would give him some insight into the business.
Is it just possible that the people from Burisma thought that having a Biden on board would give the company some legitimacy and credibility when dealing with overseas partners and potential partners ?
Every company does similar.I own shares in dozens of UK companies and almost without fail they have a Lord This or Lady That on board. I suspect they just add cachet when the reports are published.
Hunter was hired for protection against the US. That's it. The United States has 1.5 million attorneys, and Hunter was certainly not the best pick among them all.
Hunter is a loser. He's a drug addict that was kicked out of the military, and in and out of rehabs since. He slept with his late brothers wife, knocked up some woman and then didn't pay her child support. He owes the federal government back taxes for over five years, and never penalized or taken to court over it. In spite of all the money he made, claims to be broke, which is not that unusual for somebody still addicted to the hard stuff.
Nobody would hire a guy like this for such a high paying position. If not for his father, he'd be an ambulance chaser and probably fail at that too.