Hunter Biden says if he stays sober, his father can beat Joe Trump and claims his ‘failure’ to stay clean could have huge consequences for the ‘future of democracy’

Hunter Biden says knowing his sobriety could cost his father his reelection is the “ultimate test.”

President Joe Biden’s 54-year-old son revealed he often thinks about the “profound consequences of failure” if he relapses before the November election.

‘There is something much bigger at stake than myself. We are in the middle of a fight for the future of democracy,” Hunter said in the newspaper rare interview with Axios.

If Hunter slips up and starts using drugs again, it would have a major impact on President Biden’s reelection efforts this year. His drug use and addiction have been a frequent line of attack from conservatives and the MAGA world – who are pushing the theory that the cocaine found in the White House last year belonged to the first son.

Biden has also privately said he fears the daily attacks could take a toll on his family and even cause his son to relapse.

“The most important thing is that you have to believe that you are worth the work or you will never be able to get sober,” Hunter told Axios about his addiction. ‘But I often think about the profound consequences of failure.’

“Maybe it’s the ultimate test for a recovering addict – I don’t know,” he continued.

“I’ve always been in awe of people who have stayed clean and sober despite tragedies and obstacles that few people ever face. They are my heroes, my source of inspiration.’

Getting through the 2024 elections clean and sober is a ‘responsibility’ that Hunter believes he has to his family.

“I feel a responsibility for anyone struggling through their own recovery to succeed,” Hunter added.

During a hearing in September, U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke said Hunter repeatedly tested negative for drug and alcohol use beginning in August 2023. And since that hearing in the fall, he has tested negative, a representative of Hunter’s legal team told Axios.

Hunter will appear on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for closed-door questioning by the House Oversight and Judiciary committees. Previously, Hunter Biden said he would only appear for questioning on Capitol Hill if it was public.

His foreign business dealings, as well as his actions while struggling with addiction between 2013 and 2018, will be the focus of his testimony this week.

Republicans seeking to impeach President Biden claim he has used his position to enrich his family. But mainly they are looking for hard evidence that Biden has influenced foreign policy to the financial benefit of his family.

In July 2023, Hunter said in federal court, under oath, that he has been sober since June 2019.

But Hunter has lied about his drug use before.

On a federal form to purchase a firearm in 2018, Hunter said he was not a user of illegal substances. But in his own memoir, he detailed a timeline of his drug use and battle with narcotics, including at the time he bought the gun.

As part of the promotional campaign for his book Beautiful Things, Hunter told CBS News that he once “smoked crack around the clock.”

Video discovered on Hunter’s abandoned hard drive shows him naked and brandishing a gun in a hotel room in 2018, reportedly five days after he purchased the gun.

“I don’t care if you’re 10 years sober, two years sober, two months sober, or 200 years sober — your brain is always telling you on some level that there’s still one answer,” Hunter told Axios about his daily struggle with addiction.