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Trial Balloon · Ep. 191: Blue Wave Update

Hunter Biden Is Everywhere

August 11, 2026 · 8:24 am ET · Leave a Comment

Wall Street Journal: “Hunter Biden is suddenly the one with the megaphone. He’s everywhere: tweeting, appearing on podcasts, talking about America and, often, Trump. He is in front of audiences that in the past might have viewed Hunter Biden as an archetypal villain. Maybe they still do.”

“For much of Biden’s presidency, Hunter Biden’s life, drug use, gun ownership, personal behavior, and personal photographs were put on full display. Hunter kept a mostly lower profile then. He started an account on X in May.”

“Tucker Carlson, in the interview released Monday, pressed Hunter on why he was speaking out in this way (the two said they’ve known each other more than 30 years). Hunter said his life had become so exposed by critics and others that he felt he had nowhere else to go.”

Said Biden: “In that total exposure, there was nowhere to hide. The only way out was through—owning the things that were true and speaking truth to the things that were false.”

The Wrap: Tucker Carlson expresses “deep regret” over years of targeting Hunter Biden’s addiction.

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