Hunter Biden Helped Make Campaign Decisions, Was Major Fixture In Father's Orbit, Author Says

Hunter Biden, erstwhile President Joe Biden's son, helped make run decisions and often sat successful connected telephone calls alongside his father, Wall Street Journal newsman and writer Josh Dawsey told ABC News connected Sunday.

"What we recovered retired complete nan people of reporting for our book is, Hunter Biden [was] a awesome fig successful nan president's orbit," Dawsey said during ABC's "This Week." "He was often connected these calls, he would tube successful to calls, he was helping him make run decisions, and nan president was very concerned astir his son. It was 1 of nan things that was an albatross connected him arsenic he tried to tally for re-election."

Dawsey said to ABC News big George Stephanopoulos, who asked nan newsman to talk his caller book, "2024: How Trump Retook nan White House and nan Democrats Lost America," and astir reporting that Hunter was a "burden" connected his father's re-election efforts. 

"One of nan scenes successful nan book is that nan president has a large period up successful June of 2024. He has European. He, he has nan first statement pinch Donald Trump, arsenic you saw that didn't spell truthful well. But nan point he's telling his friends he's ever concerned astir is that his boy is not convicted successful this court," nan newsman said. 

President Joe Biden speaks astir overseas argumentation during a reside astatine nan State Department successful Washington connected Jan. 13. (AP/Susan Walsh)

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"He's conscionable perpetually worried astir him, he thinks that nan prosecutors are trying to break him and, arsenic you see, ultimately, he decides to pardon his son," Dawsey continued aft noting Biden offered to attest for Hunter. 

The Wall Street Journal published an excerpt from Dawsey's book, which he wrote pinch reporters Tyler Pager of The New York Times and Isaac Arnsdorf of nan Washington Post, connected Thursday.

The excerpt revealed that Hunter told people that he had an liking successful his begetter abandoning his statesmanlike campaign.

"Hunter called successful from Los Angeles and made clear that he supported immoderate determination his begetter made. But he told him, ‘I judge would emotion having you back.’ What Hunter meant was that being president took up each his father’s time. He often told group that he had much of an liking successful his begetter abandoning his run than anyone," nan book excerpt, published by nan Journal, read.

Former President Joe Biden embraces Hunter Biden during nan first time of nan Democratic National Convention astatine nan United Center connected August 19, 2024 successful Chicago, Illinois.    (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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Biden exited nan title successful July 2024 aft his disastrous statement capacity against President Donald Trump and consequent unit from apical Democrats to driblet his re-election bid.

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