Hunter Biden convinced his father in 2017 to give public approval to his relationship with his brother Beau’s widow, saying it would be better for his grandchildren.
“‘Dad,’ I told him, ‘if people find out, but they think you’re not approving it, it looks wrong,'” wrote Hunter Biden in his book, “Beautiful Things”, about his relationship with Hallie Biden, from according to Fox News.
At the time, Joe Biden had recently left the White House after serving two terms as vice president of Barack Obama.
Hunter – who was still married to his ex-wife Kathleen at the time – said he and Hallie were “very lucky” that their family supported the unusual connection after Beau died of cancer in May 2015.
Hunter told his father that his grandchildren would suffer if the former vice president did not make a positive statement about the case.
“‘Children need to know that there is nothing wrong with that, and the only person who can tell them that is you,'” Hunter pleaded.
It was then that Biden agreed to make a statement: “We are all lucky that Hunter and Hallie met while they were rebuilding their lives after so much sadness. They have the full and full support of me and Jill and we are happy for them. “
Hunter and Hallie later split up, and Hunter wrote, “I was madly trying to hold on to a slice of my brother and I think Hallie was doing the same.”