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Replay Video UP NEXT After a year of withering attacks from President Donald Trump and his allies during the 2020 campaign, Hunter Biden has emerged with a new memoir that seeks to reframe some of the scandals that nearly derailed his father s presidential bid but he almost entirely ignores others, leaving questions about the nation s First Family unresolved. In Beautiful Things, out next week, Hunter Biden charts a life defined by tragedy, addiction and scandal all in the shadow of a doting and concerned father, Joe Biden, whose ascent to the White House came during some of his son s darkest moments.
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Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has seen his fair share of ugly things. His alcohol and drug addiction sent him spiraling for years and led him to cook his own crack cocaine. But he s seen a lot of beautiful things, too – namely the love he shares with his father and brother Beau Biden, who died of glioblastoma in 2015.
Biden wrote about all of it in in his new memoir, Beautiful Things (Gallery Books, 255 pp.), out April 6. His candid chronicle of his drug- and alcohol-fueled binges and relationship with Beau s widow, Hallie Biden, are sure to shock – but don t let all the tabloid fodder fool you. Biden has found love again with new wife Melissa, whom he credits for getting him back on the winding path to sobriety.
Drink, drugs, death: Hunter Biden bares it all in Beautiful Things
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Last Updated: Apr 01, 2021, 02:23 PM IST
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In the memoir, out on April 6, Biden recalls how he bought crack from a homeless addict who later moved in with him.
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Hunter describes how he started drinking heavily in his 20s, went to rehab and relapsed after his brother died of brain cancer in 2015 at the age of 46.
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NEW YORK: President Joe Biden s son Hunter opens up about his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction in a memoir out next week, according to extracts released to US media.
His candid chronicle of his drug- and alcohol-fueled binges and relationship with Beau’s widow, Hallie Biden, are sure to shock but don’t let all the tabloid fodder fool you.