President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden — a convicted felon awaiting trial — advised his father to stay in the race, which could hurt the president’s ability to ridicule former President Donald Trump’s criminal record on the campaign trail.
“All Americans should be very concerned that at a time of rising international tensions, particularly with the CCP, the Biden family’s executioner is now in the White House,” Mike Howell, executive director of the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
“Given that this administration appears to be on its last legs, I fear that many favors requested by outsiders who have influence over Biden will be considered while he is still in office,” Howell said.
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Joe Biden, left, and his son Hunter Biden. (Getty Images)
Hunter Biden was convicted last month of three counts related to the purchase of a handgun in 2018.
And independent voters overwhelmingly approved of Trump’s description of Hunter Biden as a “convicted felon” during CNN’s presidential debate last week, according to Fox News Digital’s Focus Dial, despite the former president’s recent criminal conviction in the Manhattan hush-money trial.
“When (President Biden) “He’s talking about a convicted felon — his son is a convicted felon,” Trump said during the debate. “At a very high level, his son is convicted, he’ll probably be convicted many more times, he should have been convicted before.”
Democratic approvals tended to decline over the course of the response. Republican and independent Approval continued to rise throughout Trump’s comments.
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Many prominent journalists and pundits have backed Hunter Biden this week after the first son was found guilty on all counts by a Delaware jury. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Amid the post-debate panic within the Democratic Party over Biden’s lackluster performance against Trump, Biden’s family has rallied around him, with Hunter Biden emerging as a key adviser, according to a New York Times report. Hunter Biden was one of the loudest voices pleading with his father to stay in the presidential race at a family gathering at Camp David on Sunday, the Times reported.
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Former President Donald Trump holds a rally in the historically Democratic South Bronx on May 23, 2024, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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The president’s son was joined by first lady Jill Biden in encouraging him to keep things going through November, the report noted, while other family members, such as a grandchild, expressed interest in trying to do more to help the campaign, with the grandchild suggesting they could reach out to social media influencers.
“Hunter Biden wants Americans to see the version of his father he knows — rambling and in control of the facts — rather than the aging, faltering president Americans saw Thursday night,” the report said, noting that the president’s son has “long been” one of his most trusted advisers.
Michael Lee of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
