Hunter Biden begged his father, Joe Biden, to publicly support his relationship with his late brother Beau’s widow, Hallie Biden.
In a profile in the New Yorker published on Monday, the son of the 2020 presidential hopeful opened up about a variety of topics, including his controversial affair going public, revealing that his father found out about the tryst when Page Six reached out to him for comment in 2017.
“I said, ‘Dad, Dad, you have to.’ He said, ‘Hunter, I don’t know if I should. But I’ll do whatever you want me to do,'” Hunter recalled. “I said, ‘Dad, if people find out, but they think you’re not approving of this, it makes it seem wrong. The kids have to know, Dad, that there’s nothing wrong with this, and the one person who can tell them that is you.'”
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The outlet reported in March 2017 that Hunter and Hallie were dating, three months after his wife, Kathleen, filed for divorce that previous December.
“We are all lucky that Hunter and Hallie found each other as they were putting their lives together again after such sadness,” Joe and Jill Biden said in a statement at the time. “They have mine and Jill’s full and complete support and we are happy for them.”
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WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 12:World Food Program USA Board Chairman Hunter Biden speaks on stage at the World Food Program USA’s Annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony at Organization of American States on April 12, 2016 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images for World Food Program USA)
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 12: (L-R) U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Hon. Dan Glickman, and Hunter Biden attend the World Food Program USA’s Annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony at Organization of American States on April 12, 2016 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images for World Food Program USA)
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 12: World Food Program USA Board Chairman Hunter Biden (L) and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden attend the World Food Program USA’s Annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony at Organization of American States on April 12, 2016 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images for World Food Program USA)
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 12:World Food Program USA Board Chairman Hunter Biden and Kathleen Biden arrive at the World Food Program USA’s Annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony at Organization of American States on April 12, 2016 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for World Food Program USA)
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 12:WFP USA Board Chair Hunter Biden speaks during the World Food Program USA’s 2016 McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremonyat the Organization of American States on April 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Kris Connor/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 28:Hunter Biden attends the T&C Philanthropy Summit with screening of “Generosity Of Eye” at Lincoln Center with Town & Country on May 28, 2014 in New York City.(Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Town & Country)
US Vice President Joe Biden (C) buys an ice-cream at a shop as he tours a Hutong alley with his granddaughter Finnegan Biden (R) and son Hunter Biden (L) in Beijing on December 5, 2013. Biden said on December 5 China’s air zone had caused “significant apprehension” and Beijing needed to reduce Asia-Pacific tensions to protect its growing stake in regional peace and stability. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Andy Wong(Photo credit should read ANDY WONG/AFP/Getty Images)
BEIJING, CHINA – DECEMBER 04:U.S. Vice President Joe Biden waves as he walks out of Air Force Two with his granddaughter Finnegan Biden (C) and son Hunter Biden (R) at the airport December 4, 2013 in Beijing, China. Biden is on the first leg of his week-long visit to Asia. (Photo by Ng Han Guan-Pool/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 01:Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden and World Food Program USA Board Chair Hunter Biden taking the Live Below the Line Challenge, eating and drinking on $1.50 a day to raise awareness of global hunger and World Food Programme school feeding efforts around the world, at World Food Program USA on May 1, 2013 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Paul Morigi/WireImage)
President Barack Obama, left, Vice President Joe Biden, center, and Hunter Biden share a laugh during the first half of the NCAA basketball game between Georgetown and Duke at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., Saturday January 30, 2010. Georgetown defeated Duke, 89-77.(Photo by Chuck Myers/MCT/MCT via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 29:Hunter Biden (l) and actor Woody Harrelson pose for a photo at the after party following the 2nd Annual IMPACT Film Festival’s screening of “The Messenger” at Posh on October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Paul Morigi/WireImage)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2R) arrives at Arlington National Cemetery with his wife Dr. Jill Biden (R), his son Hunter (L) and his daughter-in-law Kathleen for the internment services for U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy in Arlington, Virginia, August 29, 2009. Kennedy died late Tuesday after a battle with cancer. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Jim BOURG (Photo credit should read JIM BOURG/AFP/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – JANUARY 20: Vice-President Joe Biden arrives with his family, wife Jill, sons Hunter and Beau at the reviewing stand to watch the Inaugural Parade from in front of The White HouseJanuary 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, becoming the first African-American to be elected to the President in the US.(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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“Hallie and I are incredibly lucky to have found the love and support we have for each other in such a difficult time, and that’s been obvious to the people who love us most,” Hunter said. “We’ve been so lucky to have family and friends who have supported us every step of the way.”
In his New Yorker profile, Hunter revealed that he and Hallie decided to become a couple while he was staying at luxury resort Mii Amo in Sedona, Arizona, in October 2016, which came after he crashed a rental car near Palm Springs while reportedly driving with a crack pipe containing cocaine residue.
Hunter and Hallie moved in together in Annapolis, Maryland, but they couldn’t avoid attention and criticism because of their unconventional relationship, which was revealed less than two years after Beau Biden died from brain cancer at the age of 46 in 2015.
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“All we got was sh-t from everybody, all the time,” Hunter told the New Yorker. “It was really hard. And I realized that I’m not helping anybody by sticking around.”
They broke up “several months” later, but the split didn’t become public until earlier this year. Last month, it was revealed in a bombshell report that Hunter secretly married South African woman Melissa Cohen in May, just ten days after meeting her. He’s also facing a paternity lawsuit from another woman, who claims that he fathered a child with her in August 2018.
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Attorney General of Delaware and Son of Vice President Joe Biden Beau Biden waves at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6, 2012 on the final day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). US President Barack Obama is expected to accept the nomination from the DNC to run for a second term as president. AFP PHOTO Robyn BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
CHARLOTTE, NC – SEPTEMBER 06: Attorney General of Delaware Beau Biden gestures on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 6, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The DNC, which concludes today, nominated U.S. President Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential candidate. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON – SEPTEMBER 28:Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden speaks during theU.S. Global Leadership Coalition conference on Spetember 28, 2010 in Washington, DC.The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) is a broad-based influential network of 400 businesses and NGOs and national security and foreign policy experts who support a smart approach of elevating diplomacy and development alongside defense in order to build a safer world.(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WILMINGTON, DE – OCTOBER 29:U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (L) and Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden talk after campaigning for Delaware Democratic Senate nominee Chris Coons outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 475 October 29, 2010 in Newark, Delaware. Coons is polling in double digits ahead of his opponent Republican Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell going into the last four days of campaigning before Tuesday’s midterm elections.(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Up Next
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