Looks like Hunter Biden just can’t help himself.
While most Americans were busy digesting the Supreme Court’s historic ruling reaffirming that a former president — yes, even Donald Trump — has immunity for official actions taken while in office, Hunter was apparently playing White House consigliere, whispering Oval Office strategies into Dad’s ear like a backroom handler. Not exactly the image of clean government the Biden administration has tried so desperately (and unsuccessfully) to project.
According to the new book 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America — which sounds like required reading if you want a behind-the-curtain view of the Democrats’ 2024 trainwreck — Biden’s team gathered on a video call to plot the president’s response to the ruling. The call was supposed to include seasoned White House staffers: chief of staff Jeff Zients, counsel Ed Siskel, communications director Ben LaBolt, and senior advisor Mike Donilon. You know, the usual cast of political professionals, spinning hard to keep Biden from making another unforced error.
Hunter Biden helped make campaign decisions, was major fixture in father’s orbit, author says:
Hunter Biden, former President Joe Biden’s son, helped make campaign decisions and often sat in on phone calls alongside his father, Wall Street Journal repor… https://t.co/MMYNFNHtEP— Elwin Sidney (@ElwinSidney) July 7, 2025
And then… surprise! Out of nowhere, an unknown voice jumps in, recommending an Oval Office address. Confusion follows. Who’s talking? An aide? A ghost of competence past? Nope — it’s Hunter. Yep, the same Hunter Biden who’s facing his own legal troubles, who’s been at the center of shady overseas business dealings, and who most Americans agree should be nowhere near the levers of power. But there he was, dropping in like a rogue consultant from the family firm, weighing in on presidential optics as though the West Wing were his private PR playground.
According to a new book, 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America, White House Counsel Ed Siskel called Hunter Biden’s presence on a July 2024 strategy call about the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity “inappropriate.” The call,…
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MSNBC just reported that Hunter Biden, who is a drug addict and a convicted felon, has been sitting in on Joe Biden’s meetings in the White House since the debate last week.
In other words, Hunter Biden is now making decisions that impact our country.
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— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) July 2, 2024
Let’s pause here. Imagine the media reaction if Donald Trump Jr. had randomly hopped on a call during the Trump presidency, offering advice on how to respond to a Supreme Court ruling involving his own father. The headlines would’ve screamed “nepotism!” and “banana republic!” for weeks. But when it’s Hunter, the media shrugs — or worse, ignores it entirely.
Even Biden’s own White House Counsel, Ed Siskel, reportedly found it inappropriate. But that didn’t stop them from taking Hunter’s suggestion to heart. Sure, they didn’t go full Oval — they settled on the Cross Hall instead — but Biden delivered the address exactly the way Hunter wanted: short, no questions, and wrapped in just enough presidential trappings to sell the image without exposing the substance.
This is the same Hunter Biden who, according to 2024, was a regular fixture on Biden’s campaign and presidential calls. He “helped” make campaign decisions and was constantly “piping in,” according to co-author Josh Dawsey. That’s not oversight — that’s influence. That’s proximity to power with zero accountability. And remember, this is the man who’s currently embroiled in gun charges, tax issues, and who once sat on the board of a Ukrainian gas company with a salary bigger than most Americans see in a decade — all while his dad was VP.
Let’s not pretend this is normal. Presidents surround themselves with advisors, yes, but they don’t bring in their scandal-plagued children for political strategy sessions. Or at least, they’re not supposed to.
Biden’s defenders like to say he’s a “family man.” That’s fine. But there’s a line between being a devoted father and letting your legally embattled son moonlight as your de facto chief of staff. When the White House looks more like a dysfunctional family business than the seat of the executive branch, voters take notice — and they did in 2024.
Trump won. Not just because of Hunter. But because of everything Hunter represents: the double standards, the secrecy, the refusal to acknowledge reality, and the weird co-dependence of a president who lets his son steer the ship during constitutional storms. No wonder Biden didn’t take questions. The last thing he needs is someone asking, “Mr. President, was your son advising you again?”
This episode — bizarre, inappropriate, and telling — is yet another reminder of why so many Americans said, “enough.” They voted to put the adults back in charge. And this time, the adults don’t include Hunter Biden.
