Although the numbers are not public, Hunter Biden probably received a lot of money for his new book.
The story of Hunter Biden’s drug addiction experience “is likely” to yield the president’s son a number in the “highest six digits,” a book industry source told Fox News.
Fox News contacted Simon & Schuster for confirmation.
The memoir “Beautiful Things” will be published by Gallery Books, a Simon & Schuster label, on April 6.
In an excerpt released by Gallery Books, Hunter writes: “I come from a family formed by tragedies and linked by a remarkable and unbreakable love.”
Sources tell the Daily Mail that Hunter probably received a $ 2 million advance and could earn millions more if he allowed his life story to be filmed.
President Trump and Republicans assaulted Hunter not only for allegedly trying to profit from his father’s name, but also for his fight against drug addiction. In 2014, Hunter was expelled from military service after a positive test for cocaine.
Biden’s supporters were quick to point out that Hunter suffered a great deal from the loss of his mother and sister in a car accident when he was very young and the loss of his brother Beau by brain cancer in 2015.
President Biden defended his son from Trump’s attacks last fall. “My son, like many people, like many people you know at home, had a drug problem,” said the then Democratic candidate. “He passed. He fixed it. He worked on it and I’m proud of him. I’m proud of my son.”
The title of Hunter’s book refers to an expression that he and his brother would use with each other after Beau’s diagnosis, to emphasize what was important in life.
Meanwhile, Hunter’s finances continue to be investigated by the Department of Justice. He denied any wrongdoing when the department announced its investigation into its tax affairs.
Hunter is splitting time between the Los Angeles area and Washington, DC, while pursuing an artistic career. Last year, an Arkansas judge ruled that Hunter Biden is the “biological and legal father” of a child he had with a former stripper, contradicting young Biden’s previous denials that he had any role in the pregnancy.
Painting is “literally keeping me sane now,” he told the New York Times, adding that it helped him in his battles with drug and alcohol addiction.
“In his harrowing and compulsively readable memories, Hunter Biden proves once again that anyone – even the son of a United States president – can take a ride on the pink horse through the nightmare alley,” wrote author Stephen King of ” Beautiful things “in a synopsis. “Biden remembers everything and tells everything with a bravery that is both heartbreaking and stunning. He begins with a question: Where is Hunter? The answer is that he is in this book, the good, the bad and the beautiful. “
Alex Pappas and Evie Fordham of Fox News contributed to this report.