The White House refuses to rule out that Biden will commute Hunter’s sentence

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to rule out President Joe Biden sentencing his son Hunter for buying a gun while addicted to crack cocaine. “I haven’t talked to the president about this since the verdict came out. And as we all know, the sentencing hasn’t even been scheduled yet,” Jean-Pierre said Wednesday, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One.

Politico reported Tuesday that Biden had complained about Hunter even appearing in court thanks to partisan politics. “If I had not run for re-election, he would have gotten the plea deal,” the president told a confidant earlier this month, a source familiar with the conversation told the publication.

Yet the president had previously vowed not to pardon his son. As president, Biden has the power to commute federal sentences. A commutation would allow Hunter to avoid prison or other punishment for the three federal weapons charges, but his conviction would still stand. When Jean-Pierre was asked again whether she wanted to rule out the president commuting his son’s sentence, he kicked for a second time.

“What I’m saying is that the president, I haven’t talked to the president about this. And what I’m saying is that he was asked about a pardon that he was asked about, he was asked specifically about the process, he answered very clearly, very candidly.

As we know, the sentencing hasn’t even been scheduled yet. I don’t have anything other than what the president said. He has been very clear about this,” she noted. Hunter Biden faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison for the three crimes.

If he is a first-time offender, he may receive probation, house arrest or community service. His sentencing date has not yet been set, but Judge Maryellen Noreika noted it typically lasts about four months. That would put it just weeks before the November presidential election.

Hunter will also have to undergo an interview with a parole board, which is standard procedure. The president changed his schedule Tuesday after Hunter was found guilty of all three gun charges.

He took Marine One to the Delaware Air National Guard, where he had a dramatic reunion with Hunter, wife Melissa and baby Beau in front of reporters — hugging all three family members before getting into his black SUV.

So far, Biden has only made a statement to the press and asked no questions about Hunter’s conviction. Jean-Pierre offered little else, refusing to even say how much time Biden spent with Hunter, Melissa, Beau and other Biden family members.

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