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&nbsp;Thursday, Feb 4th 2021| 2.9k Drugs, prostitutes, shady dealings, a quickie marriage — President Joe Biden's son Hunter is too easily depicted as sleaze in human form.Who else would have left his wife and jumped into bed with his recently departed brother's widow only for her to end the affair when he got a stripper pregnant?Is it only Hunter who could have received two special waivers to join the military and be commissioned at a special ceremony in the White House, but then blow his chance on his very first day when a blood test came back positive for cocaine?Who but Hunter who could receive a diamond from a would-be Chinese business partner whose existence would come to light in divorce papers?Now the president's son is getting to tell his side of his unsavory life — warts and all — in a book that could embarrass his father even further, less than three months into his term in the Oval Office.Beautiful Things — the as yet unexplained title of Biden's tome — promises to center on his well-publicized struggles with substance abuse according to Gallery Books, an imprint of publishers Simon &amp; Schuster.&nbsp;Its April 6 release was announced Thursday, Hunter's 51st birthday.Biden is likely to have received an advance of up to $2 million for writing the book and stands to make millions more if he allows his life story to be filmed. Robert Downey Jr. has already been mentioned as the ideal person to play him on the silver screen.&nbsp; Already author Stephen King, who knows a thing or two about horror, is praising the book, calling it 'a harrowing and compulsively readable memoir.''Hunter Biden proves again that anybody — even the son of a United States President — can take a ride on the pink horse down nightmare alley,' King writes in a publicity blurb.'Biden remembers it all and tells it all with a bravery that is both heartbreaking and quite gorgeous. He starts with a question: Where's Hunter? The answer is he's in this book, the good, the bad, and the beautiful.'Fellow authors Dave Eggers, who wrote his own memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and Anne Lamott, who has written about her battle with alcoholism, have also lauded the book.&nbsp;In a snippet released by Gallery, Biden writes in the book, 'I come from a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable, unbreakable love.'And certainly that part is true, Hunter has witnessed the deaths of his mother, sister and brother and despite all his troubles his father has always stood by him.'My son, like a lot of people, like a lot of people you know at home, had a drug problem,' Biden said during a presidential debate with Donald Trump last September. 'He's overtaken it. He's fixed it. He's worked on it, and I'm proud of him. I'm proud of my son.'The White House issued a statement Thursday from Joe and Jill Biden echoing that sentiment.But Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary avoided answering whether the book was subject to government clearance.&nbsp;Biden and the White House have promised that his family would not benefit from his administration, and already Kamala Harris' niece Maya Harris' has been warned against further moves to cash in on her family name, which have included a book about her aunt and a clothing range.Asked about Maya Harris last week, Psaki said: 'It's the White House's policy that the president's name should not be used in connection with any commercial activities to suggest or in any way, in any way they could reasonably be understood to imply his endorsement or support.'But Thursday she changed tone on Hunter, reading the statement, from the Bidens which said: 'We admire our son Hunter's strength and courage to talk openly about his addiction so that others might see themselves in his journey and find hope.'This is a personal book about his personal struggle.'But now the question remains: How true-to-life will the rest of Hunter's book be to that 'struggle?' Will it reflect honestly on the numerous scandals that have surrounded him or will it just put a gloss on the sordid doings of a man who would most likely be shunned by polite society if he weren't the First Son of the United States?Hunter Biden's life got off to a dire start. He was just two when his mother Neilia and his younger sister Naomi were killed when their station wagon was T-boned by an 18-wheeler at an intersection as the family went Christmas shopping.&nbsp;Hunter and older brother Beau were in the car and seriously injured. Six weeks later Joe Biden was sworn in after winning election to the Senate for the first time. He took his oath of office in the hospital so he could be near his little boys.In the years that followed, Hunter had all the advantages of being the offspring of a well-connected father. He graduated law school and got a job with a bank holding company that had strong ties to then-Senator Biden. He rose to the rank of executive vice president.Next he was a lobbyist, then he got a position in the Department of Commerce during Bill Clinton's presidency. In 2006 George W. Bush appointed him to a five-year term on the Amtrak board of directors, a post he left when his father was elected vice-president.Hunter Biden seemed to have it all. He was married with three daughters, living in a chic section of Washington, D.C., but in 2013 his life started to unravel in spectacular fashion.He was commissioned into the Navy Reserve as a public relations officer. He had to get two special waivers, one due to his age and one because of a previous drug incident. He called it 'the honor of his life.' His father joked: 'We have a lot of bad judgment in my family. My son, who is over 40, just joined the United States Navy.'But on his first day on base in Norfolk, Virginia, he failed a drug test. He claimed he had been given a cigarette which he smoked not knowing it contained cocaine. He was given an administrative discharge in February 2014.The next year his 46-year-old brother Beau died after a long struggle with brain cancer. Within weeks Hunter and his wife Kathleen split and he moved in with Beau's widow Hallie and her family.The marriage's end came when he downed a whole bottle of vodka. Kathleen knew he had battled alcohol addiction for years and had always told him that if he started drinking again, it was over between them.As soon as he moved out, Hunter enrolled in outpatient rehab taking drugs that would make him nauseous if he drank. When that didn't work, he went to an inpatient facility using the pseudonym Hunter Smith for privacy.Then hackers broke into the data of Ashley Madison, a dating service that encourages married men to cheat, using the slogan 'Life is Short, Have an Affair'.Among the names discovered was Robert Biden — Hunter is his middle name. Though Hunter initially denied it was him, it was the final blow for his long-suffering wife and she gave up any last hope of saving their 22-year marriage. It didn't take him long to move in with his sister-in-law. 'Hallie and I are incredibly lucky to have found the love and support we have for each other in such a difficult time, and that's been obvious to the people who love us most,' he said when his new romance was discovered. 'We've been so lucky to have family and friends who have supported us every step of the way.' &nbsp;Whether Kathleen was one of those who was so overjoyed by his new relationship is unknown, she has never commented publicly. But in her divorce papers she held nothing back about the rest of his life.'Throughout the parties' separation, Mr. Biden has created financial concerns for the family by spending extravagantly on his own interests (including drugs, alcohol, prostitutes, strip clubs, and gifts for women with whom he has sexual relations) while leaving the family with no funds to pay legitimate bills,' she said.Still the hits kept coming. On October 28, 2016, just days before Trump would beat Hillary Clinton and win the White House, Hunter returned a rented silver Jeep Compass to Hertz at Prescott Airport in Arizona.&nbsp;Kathleen’s divorce papers also referred to a 2.8 carat diamond that Ye Jianming, the head of a Chinese energy company had given Hunter. She called it one of his ‘personal indulgences,’ although he claimed he had given it away in case it was seen as a possible bribe.&nbsp;In it he left his cell phone and a wallet containing two driver's licenses both in the name Robert Biden, Beau's old attorney general badge, credit cards and a Secret Service business card.A glass pipe — which tested positive for cocaine — and a bag of white powder were also found inside the Jeep, which was littered with 'white powdery substance.' Hertz reported it to the police but Arizona authorities decided against prosecuting Hunter because there were no fingerprints on the pipe that could definitively tie him to it.He later said he was on his way to another stint in rehab in Sedona, Arizona. He landed in Los Angeles and realized he had left his wallet on the plane. While waiting for it to be returned he went to Pershing Square and asked a homeless man where he could buy crack.&nbsp;On the drive to Arizona 'a large barn owl 'flew over the hood of the car and then seemed to follow him, dropping in front of the headlights,' causing him to lose control and crash.He says he is still not sure if the owl was real or a drug-induced hallucination,sharesHunter and Hallie split in 2019. No reason was given but the family claimed it was amicable. Within days though a likely cause was revealed. Lunden Roberts, a former college basketball star filed suit saying Biden was the father of her year-old child.Biden cast doubt on Roberts's story, others believed him. After all, how would the vice president's son have met the daughter of a gun shop owner from Southside, Arkansas?The answer soon became clear. Roberts had worked under the stage-name Dallas at the all-nude Mpire Gentlemen's Club in the nation's capital to help pay her way through George Washington University.It was just the sort of place his wife had said he frequented. Suddenly Kathleen's claim about how Hunter wasted the family's money began to look more like the truth and less of a wild allegation made in the heat of a bitterly contested divorce.Biden fought tooth and nail, claiming in court that Roberts's daughter, who she called Navy Joan, was not his. But as in his case involving another Navy, science was his downfall. A paternity test proved he was the dad.But Hunter moved on. He met South African film-maker Melissa Cohen, who is 17 years younger. They married in a hush-hush rooftop ceremony on May 16, 2019 after knowing each other for a little more than a week. Ten months later they had a son.There are other issues Biden might try to explain in his memoir. Just how did he get to be on the board of the Ukrainian company Burisma, despite having no background in the energy business, and exactly how much was he paid?And what about that water-damaged computer that he dropped off for repair in Wilmington, Delaware, but never went back to pick up? And what's with those infamous picture of him seemingly asleep with a crack pipe in his mouth or in the bath with a cigarette?All could be revealed on April 6 — or then again, Hunter might gloss over it all and just write a story about 'a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable, unbreakable love.'Share what you thinkThe comments below have not been moderated.The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.Post comment to your Facebook TimelineBy posting your comment you agree to our .Submit CommentClearDo you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline?Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual.&nbsp;NoYesDo you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline?Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usualWe will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. 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&nbsp;Thursday, Feb 4th 2021| 2.9k Drugs, prostitutes, shady dealings, a quickie marriage — President Joe Biden's son Hunter is too easily depicted as sleaze in human form.Who else would have left his wife and jumped into bed with his recently departed brother's widow only for her to end the affair when he got a stripper pregnant?Is it only Hunter who could have received two special waivers to join the military and be commissioned at a special ceremony in the White House, but then blow his chance on his very first day when a blood test came back positive for cocaine?Who but Hunter who could...

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