WASHINGTON — First Lady Jill Biden said Monday that she “of course” supports her husband's decision to pardon his first son, Hunter Biden.
“Of course I support pardoning my son,” Jill Biden told reporters during the unveiling of Christmas decorations at the White House.
President Biden, 82, announced the pardon on Sunday night, saying his son had been “selectively and unfairly prosecuted” — despite Biden appointees leading the Justice Department.
A Delaware jury in June convicted Hunter Biden of three firearms offenses, and the first son pleaded guilty in September to a $1.4 million tax fraud case on foreign earnings.
The First Lady had a difficult relationship with her troubled stepson.
Hunter, 54, referred to Jill Biden as a “revenge moron” and a “revenge moron” in text messages recovered from his abandoned laptop.
The pardon sparked protests from fellow Democrats as well as from advocates for clemency for less powerful people — after IRS whistleblowers alleged a double standard giving Hunter preferential treatment, and defense lawyers bemoaned much harsher punishments for their clients.
