WASHINGTON — First lady Jill Biden said Monday that “of course” she supports her husband’s decision to pardon first son Hunter Biden.
“Of course I support the pardon of my son,” Jill Biden told reporters while unveiling Christmas decorations at the White House.
President Biden, 82, announced the pardon Sunday night, saying his son was “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” — despite Biden’s own appointees leading the Justice Department.
A Delaware jury in June convicted Hunter Biden of three gun felonies and the first son pleaded guilty in September to $1.4 million in tax fraud on foreign earnings.
The first lady has had a difficult relationship with her troubled stepson.
Hunter, 54, referred to Jill Biden as an “entitled c–t” and a “vindictive moron” in text messages retrieved from his abandoned laptop.
The pardon has drawn protests from fellow Democrats as well as from clemency advocates for less-powerful people — after IRS whistleblowers alleged a double standard granting Hunter favorable treatment and defense attorneys bemoaned far harsher penalties for their clients.
