Jill Biden on Hunter Pardon: “We Just Could Not Let Our Son Go to Jail” Under Trump’s DOJ Jill Biden stated she supported her husband’s decision to pardon their son, Hunter, believing the Justice Department’s process was unfair and that Hunter would be targeted under President Trump. She emphasized that they could not allow their son to go to jail for a charge for which no one else would be imprisoned. Joe Biden had previously pledged not to pardon his son but reversed this stance before leaving office.

• Jill Biden supported President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon their son, Hunter.
• She believed the Justice Department’s process was unfair to Hunter.
• Jill Biden felt Hunter would be targeted by the Justice Department under President Trump.
• She stated they “could not let our son go to jail on a charge that no one would go, I mean, no one has ever gone to jail for.”
• Joe Biden had previously pledged not to pardon his son but reversed course before leaving office.
• Hunter Biden was convicted of felony charges related to a 2018 firearm purchase and pleaded guilty to nine tax evasion charges.
• The decision to pardon Hunter drew bipartisan criticism.
• Jill Biden also indicated that other family members may have been preemptively pardoned for similar reasons of potential targeting.