Douglas Murray Douglas Murray

Shouldn’t we feel sorry for Hunter Biden?

There is politics. And then there are people’s lives.

Hunter Biden smoking an unknown substance in a sensory deprivation tank 
issue 16 July 2022

Scandal is such a wonderful driver of human emotions. Just think of the number of things you get to feel in one go: horror, disgust, relief, superiority, guilt and glee, to name just a few. All these flooded through a portion of the American public again this week when a new video emerged of Hunter Biden.

Hunter is the sole surviving son of President Joe Biden and it is uncontentious to say that he is a tortured soul.

His mother and his one-year-old sister died in a car crash in 1972. Hunter and his older brother Beau were injured but they survived. Beau died of cancer at the age of 46, and soon afterwards Hunter started a short-lived relationship with his elder brother’s widow. In between he also developed a serious drug and prostitute addiction. All while sitting on the board of various firms, including a Ukrainian energy company called Burisma.

The video this week shows

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