A Washington Post op-ed argued that Hunter Biden’s many"drug and mental health problems" may be emblematic of President Joe Biden’s"compassion" for his son.
"The president’s son is an open wound. He suffers from Cain syndrome," he continued, scolding Hunter for the"drugs and gun, the bawdy selfies, the flagrant attempts to make hay off his name, especially when his humble-bragging father called himself ‘the poorest man in Congress.’" "What on earth was Hunter Biden doing on that 2013 plane to China with his father, then the vice president? Why, after all of Hunter Biden’s dealings with Ukrainian energy company Burisma, did Joe Biden countenance hundreds of thousands of dollars in"art sales" by his son in recent years, art — to my untrained eye — best displayed on the walls of budget motels? Who bought the stuff and why?" of art deals.
Klein claimed that the White House could not shrug off Hunter Biden’s"various depravities by saying that he ‘is a private citizen, and this was a private matter.’" press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that Hunter Biden is"a private citizen, and this was a personal matter for him," referring to his highly publicized court appearance in Delaware.