Amid a court battle with the mother of one of his soon-to-be five children, Hunter Biden has been cruising around Beverly Hills in a Porsche boasting a six-figure price tag.
Photos obtained by the New York Post show Biden, son of White House hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden, with his wife Melissa at the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria next to a Porsche Panamera GTS, which has a starting price of $129,300.
The Bidens enjoyed lunch at the southern California hotel, where the two restaurants on the premises feature cuisine by celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. The weekend brunch is listed at costing $89 per person.
The photos were snapped while Hunter Biden faces a court order to disclose his financial information in a paternity lawsuit filed by his former lover, Lunden Alexis Roberts of Arkansas. The Washington Examiner revealed that Biden and his wife are currently renting a $3.8 million designer home in Hollywood Hills for $12,000 a month.
Last week, a judge ordered Biden to appear in court on Wednesday to “show cause, if any exists, as to why he should not be held in contempt” for withholding the court-ordered financial information. Roberts has also accused Biden of providing “no support for [their] child for over a year,” despite a court-ordered paternity test proving that Biden was the father. The two reportedly met at a strip club in Washington.
Revelations of Biden’s taste for expensive cars and homes come after reports of financial difficulties in recent years. In 2017, Biden’s ex-wife, the mother of three of his children, claimed in a divorce filing that he incurred debts due to “drugs, alcohol, prostitutes, strip clubs, and gifts for women with whom he had sexual relations.”
Biden’s lucrative business dealings, most notably his role sitting on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings, has been a source of intrigue for Republicans. GOP senators say that if Democratic House managers are allowed to call witnesses in President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, Hunter Biden should also be called as a witness.
“As to the Bidens, I can promise you no one has looked at whether or not there was a conflict of interest, and no one has taken the time to explain how Hunter Biden got rich in the Ukraine and his father didn’t know anything about it,” Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday. “As much as I like Joe Biden, if it were Lindsey Graham or Mike Pence or Donald Trump, you would be looking.”
Trump’s attorneys have also pledged to “address” Biden’s role at Burisma during their defense arguments in the impeachment trial.
Joe Biden, in a close race in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, has repeatedly denied that his only surviving son has engaged in anything improper.
