President Joe Biden with son, Hunter

President Joe Biden with son, Hunter

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A Father’s Love, A President’s Dilemma: Biden’s Bold Move to Pardon Hunter

In a historic and emotionally charged decision, President Joe Biden chose to exercise his presidential pardon power, granting clemency to his son, Hunter Biden, amid controversies surrounding gun and tax convictions. For the first time in modern history, a sitting president has pardoned a close family member, blending the personal and political in an extraordinary display of fatherly devotion and moral conviction.