Hunter Biden says Democrats lost election because they weren’t loyal to his father

Hunter Biden believes Democrats lost the November election to President Trump because they weren’t loyal to his father, former President Biden.

“You know what, we are going to fight amongst ourselves for the next three years until there’s a nominee. And then with the nominee, we better as hell get behind that nominee,” Hunter Biden said in an excerpt from an upcoming interview on former Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison’s new podcast “At Our Table.”

“And I will tell you why we lost the last election: We lost the election because we did not remain loyal to the leader of the party. That’s my position,” he told Harrison, according to the excerpt. “We had the advantage of incumbency. We had advantage of an incredibly successful administration, and the Democratic Party literally melted down.”

The remarks are a part of a broader interview Harrison did with the former president’s son for a new podcast Harrison is launching on Thursday. His debut episode includes Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D). Hunter Biden will be featured in a forthcoming episode.

Harrison is launching his podcast Thursday with an episode including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), last year’s Democratic vice presidential nominee. Biden will be featured in a forthcoming episode.

Weeks after losing the election, former President Biden pardoned his son, clearing him from multiple federal charges, with one case involving drug use and firearm possession and another case involving the withholding of taxes. The president argued at the time that “Hunter was singled out only because he is my son.”

The Bidens have continued to receive attention since Trump’s inauguration, particularly after the release of several books on the 2024 election and the alleged cover-up of Biden’s decline.

Most recently, the former president did a phone interview with The New York Times in which he defended himself against allegations from Republicans over the use of an autopen to sign pardons. The interview sparked frustration among Democrats, many of whom argue he’s taking the GOP bait at a time when his party is looking to go on offense over Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” and MAGA frustration over the Jeffrey Epstein case.

As Democrats began conducting their postmortem on the November election results, some members of the party said the former president should have exited the race much sooner. 

Even before the former president exited the race, some high-profile Democrats, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), expressed openness to him dropping out, frustrating members of his family such as former first lady Jill Biden.