亨特·拜登在接受BBC采访时公开承认，他获得的总统赦免"对美国人民、宪法或他父亲的遗产都不好"[1]。尽管做出这一评价，他仍为父亲乔·拜登的决定进行了辩护[1]。
乔·拜登在2024年12月向其子签署了全面无条件赦免，涵盖联邦枪支定罪、税务案件以及2014年至2024年间的任何联邦犯罪[1]。亨特·拜登表示，父子之间从未讨论过赦免的可能性[1]，他认为父亲的决定是出于防止他成为特朗普政府政治目标的考虑[1]。此外，亨特·拜登还表示对美国选举政治"没有兴趣"，否认了关于他竞选总统的传闻[1]。在采访中，他提及父亲乔·拜登的癌症已经扩散，描述其身体状况"非常痛苦"且"非常虚弱"[1]。
Hunter Biden has acknowledged in a BBC interview that his presidential pardon was "not good" for the American people, the Constitution, or his father's legacy, even as he defended President Joe Biden's decision to grant it.[1] According to Hunter Biden, his father issued the sweeping pardon in December 2024 out of concern that he would become a target of the incoming Trump administration.[1]
The pardon covers Hunter Biden's federal firearms conviction, tax cases, and any federal crimes committed between 2014 and 2024.[1] Hunter Biden stated that he and his father had never discussed the possibility of a pardon before it was granted.[1] He also rejected speculation about entering electoral politics, saying he has no interest in American election politics and dismissing reports of a potential presidential run.[1]
In the interview, Hunter Biden described his father's health condition, noting that President Biden's cancer has spread and characterizing his father as "very much in pain" and "very weak."[1]