Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives for a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee and the House Judiciary Committee in the O’Neill House office building February 28, 2024 in Washington, DC. The meeting is part of the Republican impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
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The co-chair of a super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s presidential campaign announced plans Tuesday to release the tell-all memoir this summer of an Arkansas woman who shares a child with Hunter Biden, the youngest son of President Joe. Biden.
“Out of the Shadows: My Life in the Wild World of Hunter Biden” is written by Lunden Roberts, who gave birth to Hunter Biden’s daughter in 2018.
Biden – who has a long history of drug and alcohol addiction – wrote in his own 2021 memoir that he “had no memory” of meeting Roberts. After initially contesting Roberts’ paternity suit, Biden agreed in 2020 to pay child support for his daughter with Roberts, after a DNA test confirmed the child was his.
Roberts’ memoir will be published by Skyhorse Publishing, a company whose chairman, Tony Lyons, is a co-founder of the pro-Kennedy super PAC American Values 2024. The group, known as AV24, is the main super PAC supporting the independent president. candidacy of the candidate for the White House.
So far this cycle, AV24 has raised $49.6 million and spent $29.2 million, according to data from the nonpartisan OpenSecrets. Skyhorse Publishing donated $154,920 to the PAC during the same period.
Skyhorse has also published several books by Kennedy, which have promoted conspiracy theories about public health, vaccines and, most recently, COVID-19.
Skyhorse has also published work by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and former President Donald Trump.
Lyons said in a press release that Roberts’ memoir contained “revelations that may well impact the outcome of the 2024 election.”
Lyons did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment. A lawyer for Biden also did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment on the book.
Kennedy is running for president on an independent ticket, facing Biden and likely Republican nominee Donald Trump. Recent NBC News polls show Kennedy garnering between 10 and 15 percent of the popular vote nationally.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addresses the Libertarian Party national convention in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2024.
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Allies in the Biden and Trump presidential campaigns sought to make Kennedy an unacceptable choice for their supporters.
But polls are mixed on who would likely be most affected by Kennedy’s candidacy, Biden or Trump, if he were to carry it into November.
Judging from the promotional texts, “Out of the Shadows” will paint a negative picture of the Biden family.
But there are few signs so far that a personal memoir about a brief relationship with Hunter Biden would be able to have a significant impact on the elder Biden’s re-election campaign. Hunter Biden’s business dealings, career and struggle with addiction have fueled conspiracy theories in right-wing media for nearly a decade.
The August 20 release date of Roberts’ memoir appears timed to capitalize on some of Hunter Biden’s problems.
The lawyer-turned-artist will stand trial on federal gun charges starting June 3. Biden faces three criminal charges in the case, related to his purchase of a gun.
Biden has also been accused of tax evasion and his trial is set to begin on September 5, just over two weeks after the release of Roberts’ book.
Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty in both cases.
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