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President Biden is facing backlash from conservatives after a report his aides have been told to say publicly that he has only six grandchildren, omitting Hunter Biden’s 4-year-old estranged daughter.
The president’s son, Hunter Biden, settled his Arkansas child support case last week, ending a years-long paternity dispute over his 4-year-old daughter, whom both the president and first lady refuse to recognize as their seventh grandchild.
Announced in a lawsuit Thursday, Hunter agreed to give his daughter some of his paintings, and the child’s mother, Lunden Alexis Roberts, agreed to withdraw her counterclaim to change their child’s last name to ” Biden”.
The New York Times released a damning report on Saturday saying the family conflict is rooted in “money, subversive politics and what it means to have Biden’s birthright.”
President Biden lifts Hunter’s son Beau upon his return to Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
President Biden walks with his grandson Beau Biden after arriving on Marine One at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
TIMELINE OF BIDEN ADVISER’S COMMUNICATIONS WITH HUNTER, MEETINGS WITH VP ON BURISMA Raises Questions
White House aides have been told at strategy meetings that the president and first lady Jill Biden have six, not seven, grandchildren, two people familiar with the discussions, the paper told.
In April, Biden named six of his grandchildren at a “bring your kid to work” event at the White House.
“I have six grandchildren and I adore them. And I talk to them every day. No joke,” he said at the time.
Biden has also hung Christmas stockings at the White House for six of the grandchildren, but has repeatedly left his seventh grandchild out of the annual tradition.
EXTRAORDINARY DAUGHTER OF HUNTER FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW BROUGHT INTO THE SOCKS OF THE BIDEN FAMILY
But with Biden up for reelection in 2024 and speculation about Hunter’s foreign business dealings mounting, the president has decided to hug his son Hunter and grandson Beau more publicly, bringing them to Camp David over the past two weekends. a row.
Last month, the Justice Department announced that the president’s son had entered a plea deal on two tax violations and a gun charge, which will likely keep him out of prison.
President Biden, his grandson Beau and his son Hunter watch the Fourth of July celebration at the White House on Monday, July 4, 2022. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
First lady Jill Biden and Beau Biden board Marine One at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2023, bound for Camp David in Maryland for Independence Day weekend. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
Conservatives on Twitter called the claims in the Times report that the Bidens are avoiding their granddaughter “gross” and “sad.”
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Jessica Chasmar is a digital writer on the Fox News and Fox Business political team. Story tips can be sent to [email protected].
