Hunter Biden is in the news again following the release of text messages that show President Joe Biden was aware of-and involved with-the first son's dealings with a Chinese energy company.
The media have consistently given Hunter Biden a pass and painted the president's troubled son in the most flattering light.
THEN: The media broke out the kid gloves when Hunter Biden was discharged from the Navy for using cocaine in 2014 and when he started dating his brother's widow in 2017.
In 2019, the media ran interference on allegations involving Hunter and Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, suggesting there couldn't be anything untoward involving the Bidens and a company that paid Hunter over a million dollars per year to sit on its board.
Still, in a July profile in The New Yorker, Hunter Biden recalled a brief conversation with his father about his work in Ukraine: "As Hunter recalled, his father discussed Burisma with him just once:"Dad said, 'I hope you know what you are doing,' and I said, 'I do.
Since Joe Biden was elected, the media have repeatedly tamped down negative news tied to Hunter Biden, focusing instead on things like his memoir.
A White House spokesperson says the White House had no role in decision-making regarding Hunter Biden's federal tax investigation and, separately, that President Biden has no ties to his son's business operations.
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