Hunter Biden Defends Father, Denies Cocaine Allegation in First Interviews Since 2024 Election

Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, has defended his father in a pair of interviews released on Monday. In the interviews, Hunter Biden denied President Trump's insinuation that he used cocaine in the White House and said the Democratic Party's response to his father's infamous presidential debate performance last summer was overblown. The debate was a watershed moment for the 2024 presidential election, leading to President Trump's withdrawal from the race and an unsuccessful late-bid from former Vice President Harris.

Key Takeaways:

Hunter Biden denied President Trump's claim that he used cocaine in the White House, saying he has been clean and sober since June 2019.
In an interview with "At Our Table with Jaime Harrison," Hunter Biden blasted Democratic media personalities, including David Axelrod and James Carville, for their comments on Joe Biden's viability as a candidate.
Hunter Biden blamed Ambien for his father's debate performance, saying Joe Biden was tired and had been prescribed the sedative to help him sleep.
In a separate interview with "Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan," Hunter Biden criticized actor George Clooney, one of the first major voices to call for Joe Biden to step aside from his re-election campaign following the presidential debate.
Hunter Biden said the Democratic Party "elite" overreacted to his father's debate performance, which he called "awful" but not incapacitating.
Joe Biden had repeatedly offered to testify in Hunter's trial on federal gun charges in Delaware last June, according to a book co-written by Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson.

Statistics:

12 days: The amount of time Hunter Biden spent in the White House over the course of the last two years of the administration.
81 years old: Joe Biden's age at the 2024 presidential debate.
3 times: The amount of world travel Joe Biden could have flown around in a year, according to Hunter Biden.
2023: The year a bag of cocaine was found in the White House.
2024: The year of the presidential election in which Joe Biden lost to President Trump.

Sources:

Axios, "Hunter Biden defends father, denies cocaine allegation in first interviews since 2024 election" (https://www.axios.com/2025/05/20/joe-biden-hunter-trial-testify-offer)
Axios, "2024 Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins, Trump Concedes" (https://www.axios.com/visuals/presidential-election-results-2024-updates-harris-trump)
The Spectator, "Spectator Interview: President Donald Trump" (https://thespectator.com/topic/spectator-interview-president-donald-trump-full-transcript/)
Axios, "Biden Debate Sparks Panic Among Democrats" (https://www.axios.com/2024/06/28/biden-debate-democrats-panic-replacement)
Axios, "Hunter Biden Pardoned by Father for California and Delaware Charges" (https://www.axios.com/2024/12/02/joe-biden-pardons-hunter-biden)