Hunter Biden Is Suddenly A Social Media Star—And He's Clapping Back At Critics

BreakingBusinessHunter Biden Is Suddenly A Social Media Star—And He's Clapping Back At CriticsByMary Whitfill Roeloffs,Forbes Staff. Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture.Follow AuthorJun 03, 2026, 03:44pm EDTToplineHunter Biden, the troubled youngest son of former President Joe Biden, has stepped back into the public eye with a series of attention-grabbing social media posts through which he’s offering his most extensive public commentary in years on his family, sobriety, drug use and his father’s faltering legacy. Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, looks on from the East Room of the White House on Jan. 4, 2025.Getty ImagesKey FactsHunter Biden, who has faced extreme scrutiny, criminal convictions and mounting financial woes over the last decade, re-launched an old X account weeks ago and has since made several posts that have gone viral for their candor and subject matter. He posted one of his most-viewed commentaries yet on Wednesday morning—it had racked up 4.3 million views as of 3 p.m. EDT—in which he criticizes CNN host Jake Tapper for "attacking" former First Lady Jill Biden instead of focusing on actions taken by members of the Trump family, which he goes on to list. When a critic responded with a post doubting his dad’s cancer diagnosis (Joe Biden's office said he'd been diagnosed with an aggressive form of Stage IV prostate cancer that had metastasized to his bones last year), Hunter Biden’s response also starting trending on X: “I understand if you don’t like my Dad’s politics and you hate me because you believe everything Fox News has told you. I’m fine with that, but my Dad has cancer,” he wrote. On Monday, Hunter Biden marked “7 years sober” by posting a short video and one X user immediately responded by saying the claim was a lie, linking him to a July 2023 incident in which a “small bag of cocaine” was discovered on the ground floor of the White House’s West Wing.“That was your bag of...