Hunter Biden took a swipe at Donald Trump Jr. during a television performance Thursday evening – the last recording in an ongoing war of words between the two first sons.
The younger Biden made the comments during his performance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” after being asked by the host if it was “crazy” to hear “someone like Donald Trump Jr.” claim that there is a double standard between the control the two receive.
Biden said, “It’s hugely comical, that’s it lightly said,” that Don Jr. would claim that he would be held criminally responsible if he were to run the same business as Hunter Biden.
The 51-year-old, who was on the show to promote his new memoir ‘Beautiful Things’, which was released this week, said he had ‘learned’ not to ‘spend too much time on them’, likely referring to the Trump family and other political enemies.
“Yeah, I think about it all the time,” Kimmel replied, not so jokingly.
As he promoted his tome this week, the first son made headlines for saying he probably smoked “parmesan cheese” while scouring his carpet in search of crack cocaine.
Trump Jr., a frequent critic of his fellow first son, dragged Biden over the disclosure in a series of Instagram posts, the most recent of which was posted Thursday.
Asked by Kimmel if he had ever met the younger Trump, Biden said he thought he hadn’t.
“Not that I know, but I’ve been to some pretty rough places.”
In the closing months of the heated 2020 presidential race, The Post revealed a wealth of emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop raising questions about his then-candidate father’s ties to his son’s foreign business ventures, including Burisma. a Ukrainian natural gas company linked to corruption. .
In December, the younger Biden announced through the Biden transition team that he was under federal investigation, which is believed to be targeting tax fraud.
Last September, Senate Republicans revealed through the findings of their investigation into the younger Biden’s foreign business dealings that the Obama administration at the time ignored “blatant warning signs” about his appointment to the board.
His position with the allegedly corrupt energy company – which paid him “a whopping $ 50,000 a month” – “created an immediate potential conflict of interest” because his father was the “point man” in US policy on Ukraine, the report said.
In addition to his Ukrainian connections, other emails on the computer showed Hunter discussing potential business deals with China’s largest private energy company, including a 10 percent share for “ the big man, ” which was later confirmed by Hunter’s former business partner Tony. Bobulinski. Joe Biden.
The younger Biden has denied any wrongdoing and says he is not working on a plea deal in the Justice Department investigation
Trump Jr. for his part, has argued that the scrutiny Hunter faces would be much greater if the names Trump and Biden were mixed up and the circumstances were the same.