Neither the current nor former occupant used his time in the White House to delve into the darker or more complex shadings of their relationships with their fathers.
Hunter Biden may be the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime, but he's far from the only presidential relative to spark scandal.
A White House spokesperson did not rule out on Wednesday the possibility that President Joe Biden might commute the sentence of his son Hunter Biden, who was convicted on three federal felony counts for illegally purchasing a handgun during his addiction to crack cocaine.