Back. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. For hunter biden, life has been privileged but not a storybook. Theres been a fierce battle with addiction. Now sober with a new lease on love he finds himself at the center of a political firestorm involving the president of the United States. Heres amy robach with the exclusive interview. Whatever happened to hunter, where the is he . Hunter biden, the son of former Vice President joe biden has found himself at the center of a political firestorm. Where is hunter . Wheres hunter. Where is hunter . Where is hunter . Hes right here. Im here and im workin and im livin my life. President trump says youre in hiding. Hiding in plain sight, i guess. Yeah. No, not at all. Not at all. Look, biden and his son are stone cold crooked. The president has been on the rampage. Accusing 49 year old biden of improperly profiting on business interests in ukraine while his father was the obama administrations point person in that country. All leading to that now infamous phone call in july. Its a very honorable call. A nice call. When President Trump asked ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate the bidens. No evidence of wrongdoing has been found against either one how did you react to learning that President Trump called the ukrainian president in a phone call, asking him to investigate you and your father . I was like every other american, i was shocked. Did you call your dad and say no. Oh my gosh, can you believe this oh yeah, look, my dad and i talk all the time. We dont live in this, like, political bubble. I picked up the phone and the first thing he said to me is, you know, maisys lovin her classes at, you know i said, yeah, dad, i know, shes at penn now. And, like, we had that discussion before we first, before you talked about yeah. For real. And thats not a joke. Its not like anybody has to have any discussion beyond that. Ill let congress handle that. And ill let you guys in the media handle that. And ill let my dads my campaign handle that. And the only thing that im lookin to handle is to make certain that i get up every day and do the next right thing. Were going to an event. Here in the city, its just always good being together. Despite keeping a low profile, on friday hunter biden joined his father for the first time at a Campaign Event since he became embroiled in the president s potential impeachment. Which is, uh, to meet with a bunch of hopefully young and influential people here in the city. By his side, his new wife melissa, whom he married a mere six days after meeting her less than six months ago. While his father spoke to the crowd, hunter kept a discrete distance. Imagine how it would be if your dad had been in the senate or Vice President your whole life. Last night we were with you as you attended your Fathers Campaign fundraiser here. Yes. Back in may you were noticeably absent from your fathers launch rally. Going forward are you going to be a visible part offi your Fathers Campaign . As much as i can. But the balance is, is this. My dads going to talk about the things that really, really do matter to the American People, i dont want them talking about me. I dont want to be a distraction to what he wants to tell the American People right now. Do you think youre a distraction to the campaign . No, me, personally, im never a distraction to my dad, but this is not a family business. My dad has a job, but that does not mean that i had ever, had any plans to go do rallies and you know u talk about Donald Trumps kids. And i never will. Thats not what bidens do. Thats not my dads nature. Once you make it personal you basically go down the same rabbit hole that theyre trying to go down. Thats the distraction i dont want to be. So many things that the American People right now are so much more concerned about than whether or not hunter biden is going to show up with his dad at the state fair in iowa. When youre out and about with all this 24 7 coverage, do people come up to you . Are you able to maintain your privacy yes. There are a lot more relevant people in l. A. Than me. Most people respect price va. Hunter did want to address trumps allegations once and for all. No topic was offer the table. Did you and your father ever discuss ukraine . No. The only time was after a news account. Theres no but to this. We never did. Your dad said i hope you know what youre doing . And i said i do. And that was literally the end of our discussion. Why . Because my dad is the Vice President of the United States. Theres nothing as a young man or a fullgrown adult that theres been a lot of misinformation, about me, not about my dad. Nobody buys that, but this idea that i was unqualified to be on the board. What was your qualifications . I was on the board of amtrak. I was a lawyer. For one of the most administration lprestigious law firms. I was qualified to be on the boa board. Thats all i focussed on, basically turning an Eastern European gas company into a westernstandard company. You gave me the list of reasons why youre on that board. You did not list that you were the son of the Vice President. No. Of course. What role do you think that played . I think its impossible to be on any of the boards that i mentioned without saying im the son of the Vice President of the United States. You were paid 50,000 a month . I dont have to open my kimono. But its all been reported. If your last name wasnt biden, do you think you would have been asked to be on the board of i dont know. Do you regret being on the board . No, what i regret is not taking into account that there would be a Rudy Giuliani and a president of the United States that would be listening to this ridiculous conspiracy idea. I think people at home are thinking how could that not have crossed your mind, it might not have caught in your gut, maybe this isnt a good idea to sit on the board of this Ukrainian Company . In retrospect. You never thought this might not look right . You know what . Im a human. Did i make a mistake . Maybe in the grand scheme of things, yeah. But did i make a mistake based on some ethical lapse . Absolutely not. So the mistake was giving your fathers political foes ammunition . Yeah. Joe biden addressed his sons interview with us. He pointed out the reason why he regret it is is he didnt anticipate that thugs like giuliani would use it to try to embarrass his father. And thats what they are, flat thugs. Trump tweeting with a different take. Reminds me of crooked hillary and her 33,000 emails. Not recoverable. Hunter has been at the receiving end of the talks maybe lock her up goes to lock him up. But maintains he is not taking the bait. They can say whatever the hell they want to say about me. Lock him up . Good for them. I dont spend a lot of time thinking about them. I really dont. They seem so irrelevant. You have no opinion about that . No. I have an opinion about shooting big game in africa. I dont really think about Donald Trumps kids that much. I mean, i really dont. They seem clownish to me, when i see them. Look, its all noise. To hunter, the attacks are inconsequential, paling to a life with tragic events. At 2 years old his mother and sister dived in a car crash. This is the wife of joe biden of delaware, killed in a crash. A young girl also died in the accident. Mrs. Biden was 28 years old and the mother of three children. His father joe took his first oath of office at age 30 in the hospital room where his young sons were recovering. Do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the United States . Just say hello, my name is hunt biden. And nearly five years ago, beau tragically lost a battle with brain cancer. The first memory i have is of lying in a hospital bed next to my brother, holding my hand, staring into my eyes, saying i love you. I love you. Mired in grief, he entered a relationship with beaus widow afterwards telling us they came together at a time when no one else could understand the degree of pain they were going through. The worst thing could ever happen to me happened when breabeau died. Im living my life. And im doing it in a way that i want to make my kids proud. I want to make my family proud. You know . Theres things that matter. And i guess thats what i was trying to say. I thought i faced the thing i could never face. Puts everything into perspective. Puts everything into perspective. And now, having lost beau, he says he has a new protector in his wife, his wife. Youll hear from her for the first time when we come back. And itly noclosoughr thing. 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Hunter biden, the son of Vice President joe biden, has been no stranger to headlines over the years, his life often on public display on tabloids. But now hes opening the doors to a place never captured by a paparazzis lens, his refuge, an art studio where he finds solace in painting. Whats the whats the goal eventually . Not no goal. Thats the perfect part about it no, yeah. Is just it literally keeps me sane. So you paint and then not watch the news right up there . Or you watch the news while you paint . You know, luckily that i dont get the cable down here. Whatever happened to hunter . Where the hell is he . Youre on pretty much everyones lips now, your name is. Yeah. Is it the first thing you think about when you wake up, the last thing you think about when you go to bed . No, it really isnt, and the reason is is because i know where i stand with my dad. I know where i stand with my family. Has he been checkin in on you and making sure youre okay . Is he worried about you . No more than usual, although he knows that i got that that melissas here now. So everythings in order. His new source of strength, his wife Melissa Cohen biden. Things have not been easy externally. The 33year old filmmaker from south africa, speaking publicly for the first time. Theyve been harder than most people could ever even imagine. But internally things have been amazing, and its only tested our bond, which could break bond or it could just solidify how strong the bond really is. What is the truth about hunter . Hes creative and hes wonderful and caring and kind and honest and real. And he very much cares about his country and his family and his friends and his children. It was just may of this year when the couple first met, saying their i dos less than a week later in a moment captured by a friend on a cell phone, their love, etched in matching tattoos. What would you call these first few months of marriage to hunter with everything thats going on i would call it the the honeymoon phase. Definitely. But their budding marriage quickly met the storm of president ial politics, accusations that hunter improperly profited from business interests in Foreign Countries while his father was Vice President. There has been no evidence of wrongdoing. I think hunter biden is a disgrice. This is gonna play out the way its gonna play out, and the one thing we can do is remain in our truth and remain focused on doing the right the next right thing. So, youd welcome an investigation because sure. Why not . I mean, nothings gonna change. I mean, i would probably i think it would probably be a waste of tax payers money, but what should people know about hunter biden that they dont know . Like every Single Person that ive ever known, i have fallen and ive gotten up. Ive done esteemable things and things that are have been in my life that i that that i regret. Every single one of those things has brought me exactly to where i am right now, which is probably the best place ive ever been in my life. Ive gone through my own struggles. In and out of rehab seven, eight times. Say it nicer to me. Sought treatment sought treatment for issue like most people. Sought treatment for Substance Abuse issues yeah, so insensitive seven or eight times. Im so sorry. But i won like, im i think this is a human question. Do you worry no, but for real, let me say something. Do you worry that all of this noise, even though its just noise no, i dont worry it still that it could affect your sobriety . Of course. Look, you dont wanna live in the worry of it because then youre feedin the beast. I have no answer other than this, you gotta live in the connections that you have to healthy things, and i have so many of them. And i gotta live there instead of living i fear like, oh my god. The stress is gonna make me drink, or the stress is gonna make me use. Are you worried about him at all going through Something Like this with so much public pressure . No. Hes incredibly strong. Theres so much negativity in the world, and theres so many, many, many important things to focus on. So many things that the American People, and people around the world, today are dealing with that are so much bigger than this. Real things. Thats where i would like to focus. President trump likely will see or at least read about this interview. Anything youd like him to hear from you . No, no. I mean, really, no. Its really hard for me to say anything snarky right now or combative because i was raised to respect that office. Its making me emotional. My wife, who is was south african, is an american citizen now became got her citizenship. And we went to that, you know, the service where they swear everybody in. 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