Robert Hunter Biden is an American lawyer and lobbyist who is the second son of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and known as a partner at Rosemont Seneca Partners, an international consulting firm. Biden served on the board of Burisma Holdings, a major Ukrainian natural gas producer, from 2014 to 2019.
Hunter Biden: Corruption in Kiev lies at the heart of Donald Trump’s claims
President Donald Trump and his allies have been promoting allegations that a potential 2020 rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, improperly intervened in the affairs of Ukraine to protect his son, Hunter Biden.
The allegations are in the news because Trump pressed Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to investigate the Bidens. “There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that,” Trump told Zelenskiy on a July 25 phone call, according to a rough transcript released Wednesday. At a news conference in Delaware on Tuesday, the former vice president dismissed the allegation as a “smear.” “Every reputable publication has looked at the charge that has been made against me and found it to be baseless and untrue and without merit,” he said.
A lawyer for Hunter Biden declined to comment. In a statement to the New York Times in May, the younger Biden, 49, said Trump’s allies were maligning him for “transparent political purposes.”
Hunter Biden and Ukraine
After Joe Biden became vice president in 2009, Hunter, a lawyer by training, pursued business opportunities with foreign parties, often in ways that intersected with his father’s work. In May 2014, Cyprus-registered Burisma Holdings, one of the largest natural gas companies in Ukraine, announced that Hunter Biden had joined its board. The company was at a sensitive point. Mykola Zlochevsky, who founded Burisma in 2002, later served as Ukraine’s environment minister under President Viktor Yanukovych. Burisma began adding several prominent foreigners to its board. In a statement announcing Hunter Biden’s role, Burisma said it was part of an effort to introduce “best corporate practices” at the firm
Hunter Biden’s compensation for serving on the board was apparently routed through Rosemont Seneca Bohai LLC, a U.S. company set up by one of his business partners, Devon Archer. Bank records from 2014 and 2015, disclosed in unrelated litigation, show the company receiving funds from Burisma and paying more than $850,000 to the younger Biden. He remained on the board until this year.
Famous for
- American lawyer and lobbyist
- Second son of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden
Where was Hunter Biden born?
Biden was born on February 4, 1970, in Wilmington, Delaware. He holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. His birth name is Robert Hunter Biden with the birth sign of Aquarius. He is the second son his mother Neilia Biden and father Joe Biden served as Vice President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He has a brother Beau Biden and two sisters Naomi Biden and Ashley Biden. Unfortunately, his mother and sister Naomi were killed in an automobile crash on December 18, 1972, including himself and his older brother, Beau, were also seriously injured in that crash. Later, he and his brother Beau encouraged their father to marry again, in result Jill Jacobs becomes their stepmother in 1977.
Regarding her education, Biden attended Archmere Academy, a Catholic high school in Claymont, Delaware and later graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor's degree in 1992. After graduating from Georgetown University, she went for Yale Law School and got graduated in 1996.
How tall is Hunter Biden?
Lawyer Hunter Biden stands the height of 5ft 8in tall with a balanced weight of 70 kg. Moreover, He has a fit n healthy body physique with a charming personality and has a fair complexion of blue eyes and brown hair color. Further information regarding her body measurement will be added soon.
Career of Hunter Biden
- After graduation, Biden took a position at MBNA America, a major bank holding company.
- He served in the United States Department of Commerce, focusing on e-commerce policy from 1998 to 2001.
- Biden became a lobbyist in 2001, co-founding the firm of Oldaker, Biden & Belair.
- In 2006, Biden was appointed by President George W. Bush to the board of directors of Amtrak where he served on the board of Amtrak from 2006 to 2009.
- After his father was elected as vice president in 2008, Biden resigned from his position on the Amtrak board of directors and left his career as a lobbyist.
- He also became an attorney with the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
- In 2013, Biden, Archer, and Chinese businessman Jonathan Li founded BHR Partners, a business focused on investing Chinese capital in companies based outside of China.
- In the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, Biden was paid up to $50,000 a month by Burisma Holdings.
- In May 2013, Biden joined the U.S. Naval Reserve, receiving an age-related waiver since he was over the age cut-off of 42.
- In February 2014, Biden was discharged from the navy reserve after testing positive for cocaine use.
- Moreover, Biden has served on the boards of various nonprofits, including the World Food Program, USA.
- He also served on the Chairman's Advisory Council for the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
- He was an honorary co-chairman of the 2009 presidential inauguration committee.
Marital status of Hunter Biden
Hunter Biden was a married man and first got married to Kathleen Buhle in 1993. They also had three daughters named Finnegan, Naomi and Maisy Biden. Unfortunately, the couple got separated in 2015 after 22 years long relationship and divorced in 2017 on an unknown reason. Biden also dated Hallie Biden, the widow of his brother, Beau in 2016 but got separated by early 2019 due to some family issues. Later, Biden married Melissa Cohen who is a filmmaker from South Africa in 2019.
Birthday of Hunter Biden
Lawyer Hunter Biden celebrates his birthday on the 4th of February with his friends and family.
Net worth of Hunter Biden
Hunter Biden must be earning a good amount of money from his career as his salary or any kind of information regarding his wealth is under evaluation. As of 2019, his net worth is under review and will be updated soon.
