Hunter Bidenwas furious with former PresidentBarack Obamawhen he led then-PresidentJoe Bidenoff the stage at a 2024 fundraiser, saying he “knew that that was going to be a meme.”
Hunter Biden recounted his fury over the incident to ABC’s Johnathan Karl in one of their interviews for the book, fully titledRetribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America.
Karl revealed that Hunter’s reaction tothe viral moment was that of a son extremely frustrated with how the public would perceive the image of Obama helping out Joe Biden, a then-presidential candidate whose age was already under the microscope.
“I almost jumped up on the stage and said, ‘Don’t ever f***ing do that to the president of the United States again. Ever,” Hunter Biden said to Karl.
“I knew that that was going to be a meme,” Hunter Biden said. “That really, really, really, really pissed me off.”
The June 2024 fundraiser held in Hollywood raised$28 millionfor Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. The record-breaking fundraiser came just over a week before the then-president’s infamousdebateperformance, which was part of the catalyst for his ultimate withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race and the face-off between former Vice President Kamala Harris and President Donald Trump.
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Karl’s book is the latest of severalhigh-profile accountsthat have come out in recent weeks detailing the ins and outs of the campaign. Harris released her memoir about the campaign,107 Days, in September, in which she described Joe Biden’s decision to run for reelection as an act of “recklessness.”
Karl’s bookis set to be released Oct. 28
