An emotional President Biden fought back tears as he discussed his son Hunter’s new memoir, “My Boy Is Back.”
“The honesty with which he stepped forward and talked about the problem. And the hope that … it gave me hope to read it, ”Biden said in an interview with CBS News that will air ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl game.
“My son is back,” Biden said to anchor Nora O’Donnell in a clip released late Saturday as he got emotional and swallowed his tears.
“I’m sorry I’m so personal,” he said to O’Donnell.
Hunter has dealt with addiction his entire life and has been treated in a number of rehab centers.
In 2014, he was fired from the Navy Reserve after failing a drug test.
Biden said his son’s story reflects the struggles that many American families go through.
“You know, I bet there isn’t a family that you know doesn’t have someone in the family with a drug problem or an alcohol problem,” the president said.
Hunter, whose book is due out in April, became the target of intense scrutiny during his father’s presidential campaign when The Post released a series of blockbuster reports about his dealings with Ukraine and China.
Hunter introduced his father, then vice president of the Obama administration, to a top executive of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company employing Biden, less than a year before the older Biden pressured government officials to sue a prosecutor. dismiss who had watched. in the company.
The revelations were found in emails on a laptop that Hunter left at a computer repair shop in Wilmington, Del.
Hunter’s business dealings in China also made headlines during the campaign, and White House press secretary Jen Psaki said last week that he is still untangling his investments with Bohai HarvestRST (Shanghai) Equity Investment Fund Management Co. known as BHR.
“He has been working to settle his investment, but I would certainly point out to you – he is a private individual – I would refer you to him or his lawyers with every update,” Psaki said during her daily briefing.
His continued interest in the business comes despite his father’s promise that Hunter or other family members would not be involved in any business or business that would cause conflict with his administration.
BHR is controlled and funded by the Chinese government, including the Bank of China.