ANALYSIS: Trump’s Ukraine attacks could boost Joe Biden’s White House ambitions

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President Trump’s reported pressure on Ukraine’s leader to investigate Joe Biden’s son Hunter stands to benefit the former vice president, forcing 2020 Democratic rivals to come to his defense and putting him at the center of the dominant political controversy of the moment.

Calls for impeachment of Trump over his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky come at a crucial time for Biden with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren emerging as his major threat.

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