The judge presiding over Hunter Biden’s paternity case in Arkansas demanded he appear in court and explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt after failing to provide five years of financial documents before a deadline earlier this month.
The son of former Vice President Joe Biden is embroiled in a paternity battle with Lunden Roberts, a former Washington stripper who went by the name “Dallas.” Biden, 48, has relinquished custody rights to the child he fathered with Roberts, 28, but he has continued to fight his financial obligations for the child, named “NJR” in court documents.
On Monday, Independence County Circuit Judge Holly Meyer sent Biden’s legal team an “Order to Appear and Show Cause” after Biden missed the mid-January financial deadline. Biden “continues to act as though he has no respect for this court, its orders, the legal process in this state, or the needs of his child for support,” wrote Roberts lawyer Clinton Lancaster.
In a Nov. 27 affidavit, Biden told the court that he has been unemployed since May and has no monthly income.
His team claimed his finances and location would be used against him as President Trump and Republican allies have ratcheted up their attacks against Biden in the past month, asking specifically, “Where is Hunter?,” on Twitter, during interviews, and at campaign rallies. The president’s reelection campaign also began selling T-shirts that read, “Where’s Hunter?”
Republicans have called for Biden to appear as a witness and testify in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial after he was paid $50,000 a month for sitting on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings while his father was still in office.
Biden has fathered four children and is rumored to be expecting a fifth child with his new wife, Melissa Cohen, a filmmaker from South Africa.
