Hunter Biden
Robert Hunter Biden is an American attorney and businessman. He is the second son of U.S. President Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden. Biden was a founding board member of BHR Partners, a Chinese investment company, in 2013, and later served on the board of Burisma Holdings, one of the largest private natural gas producers in Ukraine, from 2014 until his term expired in April 2019. He has worked as a lobbyist and legal representative for lobbying firms, a hedge fund principal, and a venture capital and private equity fund investor.
Some of the key events about Hunter Biden
- 1988Was arrested for drug possession
- 1996Graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor's degree in history
- 1998Joined the United States Navy Reserve
- 2001Received a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School
- 2001Received an administrative discharge from the U.S. Navy Reserve due to failing a drug test
- 2006Appointed to the board of directors of Amtrak by President George W. Bush
- 2009Co-founded the investment and advisory firm Rosemont Seneca Partners
- 2012Helped establish the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children
- 2013Commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserve
- 2013Joined the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company, despite lacking experience in the energy sector
- 2014Joined the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company
- 2014Was discharged from the U.S. Navy Reserve after testing positive for cocaine
- 2015Was revealed to have had an account on the adultery website Ashley Madison
- 2016Returned a rental car with drug paraphernalia and personal items left inside
- 2017Divorced his first wife amid allegations of infidelity and substance abuse
- 2018Invested in and became board vice chairman of Chinese private equity firm BHR Partners
- 2018Was subject of a paternity lawsuit which later confirmed he fathered a child out of wedlock
- 2019Was under investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware for potential tax crimes
- 2020Laptop allegedly belonging to him was found to contain controversial emails and personal information
- 2021Published a memoir titled "Beautiful Things"
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