This feud is reaching a fever pitch…
CNN’s Jake Tapper had scathing remarks for Hunter Biden while discussing the behind-the-scenes cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline with Katie Couric
Tapper appeared with Axios reporter Alex Thompson on Couric’s podcast “Next Question” to chat about their book “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.”
While talking about the Biden family, Tapper said he found that Hunter had an undue amount of influence in the White House, “almost like a chief of staff.”
“It’s bizarre because I think he is provably, demonstrably unethical, sleazy and prone to horrible decisions,” Tapper said.
“Tell me how you really feel,” Couric remarked.
He continued, “Just look at the record: after his brother died, he cheated on his wife with his brother’s widow and then got her addicted to crack. That’s just one thing I could say. I don’t have a lot of personal regard for him…I barely have ever met him. I’ve met him like once or twice.”
By contrast, Tapper said that he had known Biden’s other son Beau before his death and considered him an upstanding citizen. Beau was the heir apparent to the Biden political dynasty, serving as Delaware’s attorney general from 2007 until his death from cancer in 2015, when he was a candidate for governor.
“But Hunter is not [everything Beau was], and the idea of letting him drive the family car, as it were, is just really, really questionable,” Tapper said.
Both Tapper and Thompson remarked on how protecting Hunter from legal consequences was likely one of the factors in the decision for Biden to run for a second term. Thompson added that he believed Hunter at times abused their relationship.
Hunter Biden separately blasted Tapper in an interview with Breaker on Wednesday, saying he was “furious” with the CNN host for reaching out to him repeatedly while Beau was dying in pursuit of a scoop about the situation. Breaker also reported that Tapper and Hunter Biden had an angry confrontation at the Super Bowl in 2018.
A spokesperson for Tapper denied he had acted thoughtlessly around Beau Biden’s death, noting Tapper was subsequently offered interviews with the president and co-moderated the 2024 debate.
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