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The President’s intense bond with Hunter Biden and his older brother, Beau, was cemented in the tragedy that killed his first wife and baby daughter.
BARBARA MILLER: Beau Biden died in 2015 from brain cancer – breaking his father’s heart – and dashing his succession dreams. In his 40s he joined the US Navy Reserve – but was dismissed in 2014 after a positive test for cocaine.In his 2021 memoir Hunter Biden said he relapsed after the death of his brother.
JAMES COMER, CHAIR, HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE : The White House and Democrats would have Americans believe that our investigation is based on five years of conspiracy theories, but we have facts.BARBARA MILLER: A former business associate of Hunter Biden’s – who served with him on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma – agreed in testimony to a congressional committee that Hunter Biden gave clients an illusion of access to his father.
SHAN WU, FMR FEDERAL PROSECUTOR: If he ends up getting two felony convictions, one for the tax, one for the gun charge, I think there are some chances he might go to jail with those two charges. BARBARA MILLER: It's far from certain that any impeachment vote would succeed but that won’t stop Joe Biden’s likely 2024 challenger making it an election issue.
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