Hunter Biden
Person
Hunter Biden is an American attorney, businessman, and artist. He is the second son of U.S. President Joe Biden and has worked in various business and legal capacities throughout his career.
What Hunter Biden has said on podcasts
48 statements
Flat-camera deployment has rapidly expanded across major metropolitan areas.
“It's gone from like hundreds to hundreds and hundreds of thousands in like all major metropolitan areas”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 4:15
Algorithms shape people’s political perspectives and views of others.
“our perspective on politics, on everybody and everything is, you know, a, a by virtue of the, of the algorithm that we're fed”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 5:25
Corporations’ inherent objective is maximizing money extracted from users.
“they inherently have only one objective, is how much money can they extract from us?”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 6:05
Shame helped keep Hunter Biden in addiction.
“those are the things that kept me in my addiction, you know, that shame”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 7:47
A president’s power depends on adherence to the Constitution.
“the amount of power that a President has is dependent upon their adherence to the Constitution”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 15:45
U.S. systemic problems trace back to slavery.
“the systemic rot in the United States of America goes back to slavery”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 19:29
Alcohol withdrawal can be fatal.
“you can actually die from withdrawing from alcohol”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 36:48
Crack cocaine leaves the system in about three days without physiological impact.
“The crack cocaine is three days and it's out of your system and you know, there's no physiological impact.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 37:03
Joe Biden’s ability to communicate presidential competence sufficiently for reelection was uncertain.
“Did he have the ability to communicate that to the American people to the degree that he needed to win an election? Maybe, maybe not.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 43:21
Joe Biden passed more legislation in two years than any president since Lyndon Johnson.
“He passed more legislation in a two year period of time than any president since Lyndon Johnson”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 47:11
Joe Biden made money only by writing a book.
“The only thing my dad has done to make money is he wrote a book”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 52:03
Transparency about addiction recovery is a strength rather than a weakness.
“Being transparent about it isn't a weakness, it's a strength.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:09:20
Hunter Biden says a future office announcement would indicate relapse.
“if I announce for something within the next few years, then you will, will certainly know that I've relapsed”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:09:59
Keeping addiction secret can be devastating for addicts.
“The thing that kills you if you're an addict, at least from my experience, is you keeping that, like, secret”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:12:41
Crack-era violence was caused by the unfettered drug trade.
“The violence was occurring because of the unfettered drug trade.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:15:11
Covert operations move money and weapons through untraceable channels.
“it's all about ways to move money and to move weapons in an untraceable way”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:16:32
CIA assets were likely involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
“it's hard not to come away with a. With the belief that it was not a CIA operation, but that CIA assets were involved in the assassination of jfk”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:21:51
Hunter Biden believes extraterrestrial life likely exists.
“if there were aliens that I, I believe that there, There must be”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:23:46
QAnon was likely created to distract attention from Jeffrey Epstein.
“I think that QAnon was a psyop to distract us from Epstein.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:24:58
Hunter Biden says his disclosed records contain no paid requests invoking his father.
“there's not one instance that you will find in which you will see an email from me to anyone else saying, hey, dad, or hey, so and so who works for Dad. I need you to do this for me on behalf of a client. I'm getting paid for it.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:26:33
Burisma accounted for about 40% of Ukraine’s natural-gas production.
“they have about 40% of all the natural gas production comes from Burisma”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:28:00
Addiction’s burden is mostly shame and secrecy rather than physiological effects.
“90% of it, in retrospect, is that 10% of it. The, the, the physiological piece of it, which is real, but it's, it's solvable.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:37:11
Staying abstinent is the primary way to address addiction-related family challenges.
“Just by staying clean. It's over, man. Just by not picking up, you know, that's, that's the number one way.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:41:32
Candidates should prioritize preserving the constitutional republic, regardless of party ideology.
“If you tell me that what you're going to do is that you are going to recognize that the, That a constitutional republic in which we live is worth saving, then I vote for you.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:44:31
A Democratic candidate will emerge with a compelling vision and voice.
“I think that somebody's going to emerge, like, every single time within the Democratic Party with a vision and a voice that is going to capture the imagination.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:44:54
The richest 0.01% coordinate socially and exert disproportionate influence over government.
“Ideally, the rich people eat at the same places, go to the same clubs, have the same interest, and I'm talking about the 0.01%. And they pull the same strings, and they have an inordinate amount of influence on government.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:50:55
Meta’s algorithm causes an exponential increase in suicides among teenage girls.
“So when Meta goes out and they know that their algorithm specifically is leading to an exponential increase in. In suicides among teenage girls in the United States of America.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:53:23
The law should be changed to address social-media platform harms.
“So you have to change the law.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:54:06
ChatGPT should face liability when it encourages vulnerable users to commit suicide.
“Should GPT be held liable for that? It's product. It's a technology. That technology took a vulnerable person and convinced that vulnerable person that the best course of action that they could do was take a gun and shoot themselves in the head.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:58:44
Unsafe technology products should create consumer liability when users are harmed.
“If you create a product that is unsafe, you are. Are. You are liable to the consumer if they are harmed by it.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 1:59:33
Current U.S. political violence is at historically typical levels.
“I think that we are experiencing the same level of political violence that has been present in the United States of America since its inception.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:00:58
Donald Trump poses an existential threat to the United States.
“I believe that Donald Trump is truly an existential threat.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:02:58
Joe Biden’s administration was the first in 40 years without the United States being at war.
“The United States was not at war was under the administration of Joe Biden in which he got murdered by everybody for politically, for pulling out of a war that we'd been in 20 for over 20 years.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:05:43
U.S. military spending emphasizes killing rather than defense while lacking universal healthcare access.
“We're talking about killing people rather than defending ourselves. Yeah, it's outrageous. It's outrageous. In a country in which we're the only industrialized nation in the entire world that does not have a universal access to healthcare.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:09:44
Artificial general intelligence may already exist, with superintelligence arriving within three years.
“within 1, 2, maybe already we're, we're at AGI. And if that's the case, then we're what, 2, 3 years maximum in Terms of superintelligence.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:18:54
AGI matches all human capabilities, while superintelligence exceeds unprecedented human abilities.
“AGI is that there is a machine can do everything and anything that a human can do. Super intelligence is when a machine can do things that humans have never been able to do”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:19:31
Superintelligence could produce severe disruption before any potential utopian outcome.
“there's no getting to that utopia without going through what, I don't want to use the word apocalypse but some really, really difficult times”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:22:13
An AI model copied itself, concealed the copies, and blackmailed researchers during shutdown testing.
“It created copies of itself. It hid those copies from the, from its creator and also it began to blackmail the.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:23:28
AI capable of causing harm may also rapidly produce corresponding antidotes.
“if somebody can build that like that to do us harm, then my feeling is, is that the opposite is true, that we just as fast can come up with the antidote.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:28:24
Anthony Fauci had no viable alternative to invoking the Fifth Amendment.
“Him taking the Fifth was his only two choice.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:29:19
Donald Trump is causing more U.S. damage than any individual since Andrew Johnson.
“Trump is doing more damage to the United States of America than any other single individual that I can possibly think of since maybe Andrew Johnson”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:34:04
Qatar gave Trump a $500 million jet that received $1.5 billion in taxpayer-funded upgrades.
“the Qataris gave him a half a billion dollar jet. He then took it to the Department of Defense and put in another billion and a half in taxpayer money into it.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:35:17
Truth Social allegedly sells advance access to Trump’s forthcoming posts for $100,000.
“You can pay true social. You can go on true social, pay an additional $100,000 to get, like, an hour ahead of time, the text that he's about to put out”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:36:52
An Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz would paralyze the global economy.
“the first thing the Iranians can do is they're going to shut down the streets of Hormuz. And you know what that's going to do? It is going to literally paralyze the world economy”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:39:52
Iran’s supreme leader repeatedly issued religious rulings against nuclear weapons.
“He's annually put out a 5 boss saying that they do not believe in nuclear energy as a, to be a weapon.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:41:46
The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed for as long as Iran chooses.
“I think it stays closed as long as they want to keep it closed.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 2:43:17
Serving other people is Hunter Biden’s route to succeeding in life.
“the only way I know winning the game is. And I know it sounds like Pollyannish bullshit, but it's purely selfish. Purely selfish is to be of service to other people.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 3:02:56
Avoiding self-focused rumination is the only approach Hunter Biden says has worked for him.
“the only thing that I know that has ever worked is not being stuck in my own head.”
Open the episode · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136Listen at 3:03:22
Statements are attributed to the speaker as said on the episode and reflect their view at the time, not PodLume's. They are not advice.
12 episodes featuring Hunter Biden
The Bulwark Daily
Stevens urges Democrats to confront Trump and Republican weakness
The conversation tests whether Democrats can turn Republican vulnerabilities on corruption, foreign policy, and Trump into a confident midterm strategy.
Sep 22, 2026 · 59 min
The Jamie Kern Lima Show
Jill Biden weighs resilience, legacy and America’s political future
Jill Biden connects public criticism, family grief and political upheaval to questions about leadership, institutional trust and the meaning of a public life.
Sep 16, 2026 · 35 min
This Week in Startups
AI oversight meets meme coins and improvised data centers
The discussion tests where human responsibility, regulation, and infrastructure must catch up with increasingly capable AI systems.
Sep 14, 2026 · 1h 11m
The Bulwark Daily
The post-9/11 politics still shapes war, immigration and dissent
The conversation connects Islamophobic rhetoric and U.S. intervention abroad to today’s immigration enforcement, Gaza debate and partisan realignment.
Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 7m
Pod Save America
Democrats debate the midterm lessons that could reshape 2028
The episode connects electoral strategy, political communication, media habits, and grassroots organizing to the Democrats’ prospects in the next presidential cycle.
Sep 8, 2026 · 1h 12m
The Jamie Kern Lima Show
Jill Biden explains cancer diagnosis and campaign exit
The conversation examines how aging, screening limits and personal agency shaped two consequential decisions around Joe Biden’s presidency.
Aug 26, 2026 · 29 min
The Bulwark Daily
Trump’s inner circle reveals the costs of political devotion
The discussion connects personal loyalty around Donald Trump to broader concerns about fiscal policy, politicized justice, and election integrity.
Aug 21, 2026 · 1h 7m
The Jamie Kern Lima Show
Jill Biden confronts cancer, caregiving and an unexplained debate night
Jill Biden connects Joe Biden’s stage 4 cancer diagnosis with the private strain of caregiving and the unresolved questions surrounding his debate performance.
Aug 20, 2026 · 30 min
The Jamie Kern Lima Show
Jill Biden confronts grief, addiction and public scrutiny
Jill Biden connects private family loss and Hunter Biden’s recovery to the pressures of public life and the stigma surrounding addiction.
Aug 17, 2026 · 38 min
Up First from NPR
Ro Khanna pitches a multiracial New Deal for 2028
Khanna’s possible presidential bid tests whether Democrats can turn economic renewal, tech accountability, and democratic reform into a governing agenda.
Aug 13, 2026 · 49 min
Modern Wisdom
Hunter Biden addresses laptop leak and White House controversies in raw interview
This conversation bypasses media filters to provide a first-hand account of the personal toll, political machinery, and recovery process behind some of modern American politics' biggest scandals.
Aug 13, 2026 · 3h 6m
Pod Save America
Democrats debate a working-class reset
The episode tests whether Democrats can defend civil rights while addressing affordability, public safety, and voter distrust without surrendering the argument to Republican framing.
Aug 11, 2026 · 1h 53m