Hunter Biden — convicted felon, pardoned by daddy, and America's most famous finger-painter — apparently thinks the next logical step in his career is a presidential run. During an appearance on California Governor Gavin Newsom's podcast "This Is Gavin Newsom," Hunter floated the idea of running for president, because why wouldn't the guy who lied on a federal firearms form think he's qualified to lead the free world?
You really can't make this stuff up. Newsom actually introduced him as "Presidential candidate Hunter Biden."
The full episode released on Friday, June 12. In the clip, Hunter Biden told Newsom, "Here's the deal. I'll run, but only as your VP." Because apparently the vice president's residence "is a lot cooler" than the White House. He would know — he spent plenty of time there when his father was VP, presumably between business meetings with Ukrainian energy executives.
Now, Hunter did frame part of it with a wink, telling Newsom, "I had to give you a break for just one day." But then he got serious — or whatever passes for serious in the Biden family — and said, "They gave me a stage, and I'm going to use it." That's the part that should make your skin crawl.
Let's remember who we're talking about here. This is a man who was convicted in 2024 for making false statements related to drug use on a firearm purchase form. A federal crime. He was then pardoned by his own father, former President Joe Biden, near the end of Biden's presidency. Not for one offense — a blanket pardon. Dad took care of it on his way out the door like a guy returning a rental car with an empty tank.
And now Hunter's out here touting seven years of sobriety — good for him, genuinely — but acting like that wipes the slate clean enough to run for the highest office in the land. "If that's the standard by which we are going to judge people, particularly people in elected office," Hunter mused on the podcast, apparently unaware that the standard for most people in elected office is "don't commit felonies and get bailed out by your president father."
Meanwhile, Newsom told Politico his motivation for the podcast is pure self-improvement: "I'm doing this selfishly because I want to learn. I want to get better in life." Sure, Gavin. A governor with 2028 presidential ambitions of his own is just doing a little personal development podcast. Nothing strategic here at all. Just two guys who definitely aren't positioning themselves for a future ticket, chatting about Hunter's presidential aspirations on a nationally covered show.
The Democratic bench for 2028 is already looking like a comedy of errors. You've got Graham Platner, a Maine Democratic Senate nominee, making waves. You've got Newsom pretending he's not running. And now you've got Hunter Biden — a man whose most notable achievements include a laptop scandal, a tax investigation, and paintings that sold for more than a Picasso — floating a White House bid.
This is what the modern Democratic Party looks like, folks. The convicted son of a one-term president, pardoned into oblivion, sitting on a podcast with a hair-gel governor, casually discussing a presidential run like it's a book club pick.
And honestly? Let him run. We could use the entertainment.
