When Hillary Clinton lost in 2016, the Clinton Foundation took a nosedive almost overnight. Foreign donors who once couldn’t throw money at it fast enough suddenly lost interest. No more influence to buy, no more favors to cash in on. The political machine that had raked in millions turned into little more than a rusting carnival ride abandoned in a field.
Now, it’s the Biden family’s turn.
For years, Joe Biden’s political career was a family business. Influence peddling wasn’t just a side hustle—it was the hustle. And at the center of it? Hunter Biden, the bagman, the go-between, the guy who turned his father’s name into cold, hard cash.
But on January 20th, when Donald Trump took the oath of office, the Biden grift hit a brick wall.
The money dried up. The deals vanished. The foreign “business partners” stopped calling. Hunter’s role as the Biden family’s golden goose? Officially over.
And what happens when the grift machine shuts down? Well, for Hunter, that means lawsuits, financial problems, and the slow realization that without his father’s power, he’s just another washed-up political kid looking for a payday that isn’t coming.
Even odds Hunter turns on his family. https://t.co/qqxKbD0Kng
— Schadenfreudelish (@aggierican) March 6, 2025
For years, the media played along with the fiction that Hunter Biden had real skills—first as a lawyer, then as a businessman, and finally, in the most laughable attempt yet, as an “artist.” We were told his paintings were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, that his memoirs were bestsellers, that he was a serious professional and not, in fact, just a well-connected son cashing in on the family name.
Now? Not even the most die-hard Democratic donors want a Hunter Biden original hanging on their walls. His “art career” was always a sham, and with Joe out of office, it’s not even a useful sham. The market for overpriced Biden doodles has disappeared faster than an intern’s phone at a DNC fundraiser.
With no steady flow of money, Hunter is in a tight spot. Sure, his dad pardoned him for the crimes he was already convicted of—and the ones he hadn’t been charged with yet—but that doesn’t clear up his financial mess. The lawsuits keep coming, and Hunter is doing his best to backpedal out of them.
Remember his lawsuit against John Paul Mac Isaac, the Delaware repair shop owner who turned over Hunter’s infamous laptop? Two years ago, Hunter tried to sue him for invasion of privacy—despite the fact that the laptop legally became Mac Isaac’s property when Hunter abandoned it. Now, Hunter’s legal team is scrambling, claiming he simply doesn’t have the money to keep fighting the case.
The legacy of #JoeBiden…
Corruption and incompetence pic.twitter.com/xn6KC1feSf— Jim Thompson (@JimmySportToons) December 2, 2024
And then there’s Garrett Ziegler, a former Trump aide who created a searchable database of Biden’s emails. Hunter sued him, too, claiming he “violated state and federal laws” by making the emails public.
The absurdity of these lawsuits aside, Hunter’s real problem is that he doesn’t have the resources to keep up the fight.
Now, Hunter is waving the white flag. He’s claiming poverty, telling the courts he simply can’t keep up with legal battles because he’s lost everything. In a recent court filing, his attorneys painted a picture of a man on the verge of financial ruin:
“Plaintiff has suffered a significant downturn in his income and has significant debt in the millions of dollars range,” his legal team wrote. “Moreover, this lack of resources has been exacerbated after the fires in the Pacific Palisades in early January upended Plaintiff’s life by rendering his rental house unlivable for an extended period of time.”
So let’s get this straight. The moment Joe Biden is no longer in office, Hunter Biden is suddenly broke, in debt, and struggling to pay his bills.
