While most people believe Hunter Biden‘s conviction will have a marginal impact on President Joe Biden‘s reelection chances, it could change how he talks about his predecessor’s criminal history. 

The president has embraced the rule of law in the weeks leading up to his son’s conviction, telling ABC News he would not pardon him under his presidential powers and would accept the verdict. Democrats were quick to attack former President Donald Trump as a convicted felon following his case in New York, with Joe Biden doing the same at a campaign rally on June 3, but some suggest that in the wake of Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict, the president may need to pump the brakes on name-calling Trump to avoid Republicans doing the same to his son.