Hunter Biden is the second son of President Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden. He was born on February 4, 1970, in Wilmington, Delaware. He has a younger brother, Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer in 201512.
Hunter Biden has a bachelor’s degree in history from Georgetown University and a law degree from Yale University.
He has worked as a lawyer, an investment advisor, a hedge fund manager, and a board member of several companies. He has also struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for most of his life123.
Hunter Biden has been involved in some controversies regarding his business dealings in Ukraine and China. He served on the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company, from 2014 to 2019.
His father was the vice president of the United States at the time and was leading the U.S. efforts to fight corruption in Ukraine.
Some critics have accused Hunter Biden of using his influence to benefit himself and his family from Burisma124.
He also co-founded Rosemont Seneca Partners, a Chinese investment firm, in 2009. He resigned from the firm in 2018 amid allegations that it had ties to the Chinese Communist Party12.
Hunter Biden’s tax affairs have been under federal investigation since late 2018. He has admitted to filing two years of his tax returns late and to making mistakes on some forms.
He has also faced scrutiny for leaving his laptop computer at a repair shop in Delaware in 2019.
The laptop allegedly contained emails and other materials that suggested he had engaged in questionable activities with foreign entities125.
In July 2023, he pleaded not guilty to tax charges for filing two years of his tax returns late5.
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