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Hunter Biden Tried to Keep a Low Profile, But Trump Wouldn't Let Him

Masood Farivar

   WASHINGTON - Hunter Biden frequently attended his father's political
   events and rallies. But when former Vice President Joe Biden officially
   launched his Democratic presidential campaign in May in Philadelphia,
   Hunter Biden was a no-show.

   His decision to stay out of the limelight came amid the latest in a
   stream of embarrassing stories about his turbulent personal life,
   alcohol and drug addiction, and questionable business decisions. Yet
   his efforts to lower his profile to help his father in his third and
   presumably final bid for the presidency proved unsuccessful.

   For months, President Donald Trump has sought to undermine Joe Biden's
   front-running candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination with
   broadsides suggesting unfounded corrupt practices by both father and
   son.

   With the House of Representatives now conducting an impeachment inquiry
   into Trump's effort to encourage Ukrainian meddling in the 2020 U.S.
   election, the embattled president is openly calling on Ukraine and
   China to investigate the Bidens on charges long disproved or lacking in
   evidence.

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