Disgraced first son Hunter Biden attended his daughter’s graduation on Monday as he waits to find out if he will be charged with tax fraud and corruption claims against his family are piling up.
The 53-year-old laughed at a menacing conclusion of an investigation by federal detectives in Delaware while watching Maisy, 22, graduate from the University of Pennsylvania.
He was flanked by his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle, the president and first lady for the ceremony earlier Monday in Philadelphia.
Maisy studied fine art at UPenn; Her older sisters Naomi, 28, and Finnegan, 23, are also Penn graduates.
The 80-year-old commander-in-chief and his son, 53, wore matching aviator sunglasses in the stands at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.
Hunter Biden looked relaxed as he talks to his sister Ashley as he waits for his 22-year-old daughter Maisy to graduate
President Biden, First Lady Jill, Hunter and Ashley watch the ceremony from the bleachers of the University of Philadelphia
Idina Menzel, the actress and singer, gave the opening speech and even sang a few lines from a song from the musical ‘Rent’.
The Biden family has deep ties to the prestigious college. In 2013, as vice president, he was one of the keynote speakers at the inception and was awarded an honorary doctorate.
He also attended a graduation ceremony at Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences in 2016, again as vice president, when his granddaughter Naomi graduated.
Hunter Biden’s business dealings have come under scrutiny since a series of leaked emails raised suspicions that he used his political connections to win lucrative consulting contracts.
His legal team met with Justice Department officials on April 26 to indicate that a decision will be made on whether he will face criminal charges.
The probe will investigate whether the 53-year-old consultant evaded taxes, laundered money and lied about past drug use to buy a gun.
There has been “growing frustration” within the FBI that Delaware’s US attorney David Weiss, who oversees the case, has yet to press charges after the agency completed most of its work last year.
The White House has repeatedly denied involvement in the matter.
Republican lawmakers are currently investigating how 10 family members of Joe Biden raked in more than $10 million from foreigners around the time he was Obama’s deputy.
The family stands up for the national anthem. The White House has repeatedly denied Republican claims that the family benefited from an ‘influence peddling’ scheme
Maisy, the granddaughter of President Joe Biden, who was seen here at the White House last year, studied fine arts at Philadelphia College.
Those who benefited included Hallie Biden, Beau Biden’s widow, and Hunter Biden’s one-time girlfriend, Hunter Biden’s ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle.
Hunter Biden’s current wife Melissa Cohen Biden, Biden’s brother James and his wife Sarah, and Joe Biden’s grandchildren and nieces and nephews also reportedly received payments.
Joe Biden met with family members’ business associates on many occasions — including those from China, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine — and House Republicans allege that Biden family members offered no legitimate business services and only sold access to the upper echelon of the US government.
After his father took office as president and pledged not to cause further family conflicts of interest abroad, Hunter began an art career, seeking as much as $500,000 for his early works.
Hunter’s membership of the board of directors of a Ukrainian energy company also raised suspicions of influence.
He and the president’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, traveled on Air Force One during the commander-in-chief’s recent visit to Ireland.
Hunter’s ex-wife Kathleen Buhle is an alleged beneficiary of his lucrative foreign affairs schemes
Joe Biden arrived on Air Force One at the UPenn graduation ceremony in Philadelphia
Hunter Biden pictured arriving at a courthouse in Batesville, Arkansas earlier this month
Hunter Biden’s laptop also contained a series of lewd photos and a webcam video of the 53-year-old portraying his struggles with flatulence
Biden recently appeared before an Arkansas judge in a paternity suit brought by a former fling, Lunden Roberts.
Hunter will also have to submit to a statement in June in which Roberts’ lawyers are likely to grill him about his various businesses and shady overseas ventures.
Hunter Biden’s laptop also contained a series of lewd photos and a webcam video of the 53-year-old portraying his struggles with flatulence
They’ll also want to know that Hunter’s finances have plummeted as he sells paintings for up to $500,000 each under his new guise as an abstract artist.
Roberts, a former stripper, reportedly won a $2.5 million settlement from Hunter after taking him to court in 2019.
She also forced the ex-Navy reservist, who was kicked out of the army in 2014 for testing positive for cocaine, to take a DNA test to prove he was the father of their daughter, Navy Joan, during their 2017 affair .
Roberts’ lawyers say Hunter Biden has not provided a single item or word of discovery in their ongoing child support lawsuit.