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Credit: <\/span> NPR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Former President Joe Biden “truly changed his mind” on pardoning his son Hunter \u2014 who was convicted on federal gun and tax charges<\/u> in 2024 \u2014 according to former first lady Jill Biden.<\/p>\n

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Shortly after Hunter’s conviction, President Biden publicly said “I will not pardon him”and then-White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly told the press that a pardon or commutation was off the table. But in the final weeks of his presidency, Biden signed<\/u> a full and unconditional pardon for his son.<\/p>\n

On NPR’s <\/u>video podcast<\/u>, Jill Biden told Host Scott Detrow that then-candidate Donald Trump’s rhetoric about Hunter’s criminal cases eventually led her husband to change his mind and pardon their son, who faced prison time.<\/p>\n

“When he heard Trump on the TV over and over and over saying, ‘Hunter Biden should be in jail’ \u2026,” she recalled. “It just was not fair and we knew what was going to happen. So that is why Joe changed his mind.”<\/p>\n

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When asked why the pardon was necessary since Hunter had initially been scheduled to be sentenced before Trump’s inauguration, the former first lady didn’t have a direct answer.<\/p>\n

“Oh, my gosh,” she said. “Well, I don’t really know, but I certainly don’t think it would have been fair under Trump.”<\/p>\n

Hear more about the former first lady’s life in the White House, her reaction to President Biden’s disastrous debate performance and why Biden changed his mind on running for a second term in the full interview above. <\/p>\n

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Former first lady Jill Biden is shedding new light on one of the biggest decisions her husband made as president: to drop out of his own reelection campaign.<\/p>\n

In this episode of\u00a0NPR\u2019s Newsmakers<\/em>, Biden sits down with host Scott Detrow to discuss her new book,\u00a0View from the East Wing: A Memoir<\/em>. She opens up about the infamous 2024 presidential debate that doomed President Joe Biden\u2019s campaign — when his performance so concerned those in his inner circle, Biden says her husband was checked by doctors after leaving the stage — and the personal and political toll of the months that followed.<\/p>\n

She also reveals Joe Biden \u201ctruly changed his mind\u201d on pardoning their son Hunter, who was\u00a0convicted on federal gun and tax charges<\/a>\u00a0in 2024. She says it was then-candidate Donald Trump\u2019s rhetoric about Hunter\u2019s criminal cases that eventually led her husband to pardon their son, who faced prison time.<\/p>\n

NPR’s Newsmakers\u00a0<\/em>is where you’ll find NPR’s biggest interviews. We post new episodes as soon as they’re available — any day of the week. Follow or subscribe on Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you watch or listen to podcasts so you always get the latest episode as soon as possible. You can also find\u00a0Newsmakers<\/em>\u00a0on the NPR app.<\/p>\n

Newsmakers relies on supporters who value independent journalism and a free press. Join NPR+ today to support our work and get perks from the podcasts you trust. 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