First Lady Jill Biden may have convinced President Biden to pardon his disgraced son, Hunter Biden, according to a report.
“Clearly there was pressure inside the family,” Jeff Zeleny, CNN’s chief national affairs correspondent, said during an appearance on the network Monday.
“We were told really in recent weeks that Dr. Jill Biden – first lady Jill Biden – was very supportive of the president doing something like this,” he added.
Zeleny claims Biden, 82, “was not sure” about the pardon, suggesting that the 73-year-old first lady’s push may have been the deciding factor.
“Of course, I support the pardon of my son,” Jill Biden told reporters at the White House Monday.
Jill is widely regarded as one of the most influential first ladies in the last 100 years.
Throughout her husband’s presidency, Jill has gained a reputation for tightly controlling access to her husband and for taking aggressive steps to shield Joe from the press – leading to accusations that she tried to hide the president’s apparent mental decline from the public.
Despite being the reported driving influence in Biden’s decision to pardon Hunter, Jill has had a difficult relationship with her embattled stepson.
Hunter, 54, referred to his stepmother as an “entitled c–t” and a “vindictive moron” in text messages discovered on his infamous laptop.
The first son pleaded guilty in September to nine counts related to $1.4 million in unpaid taxes and was found guilty of three federal gun charges in June after he was charged with possession of a firearm while addicted to illegal drugs.
Hunter was scheduled to be sentenced for the gun case on Dec. 12 and for the tax case on Dec. 16 but will no longer have to face the court for his convictions thanks to his dad swooping in before he leaves office.
The president said he issued the pardon because he felt Hunter was being “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.”
The White House did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
