WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden is marking his seventh year of sobriety with a social media blitz that’s taking the internet by storm.
Hunter, 56, began posting on his X account last month after years of dormancy, a move so surprising some wondered if the messages were fake.
The account proved both genuine and a hit, quickly amassing nearly half a million followers, most of whom have cheered Hunter’s purported honesty and dry sense of humor.
After Hunter posted a message celebrating being seven years sober Monday, one user accused him of being the owner of a bag of cocaine left in the West Wing during the summer of 2023.
“It most definitely was not. I would never have forgotten my drugs,” Hunter shot back.
The clapback got more than 242,000 likes.
Three days later, Hunter posted a tongue-in-cheek critique of a photoshopped image showing him with a drug pipe in his mouth.
“I know this may sound petty, but I can’t stand it when people… photoshop a meth pipe in my mouth,” he wrote Thursday, earning another 146,000 likes. “A crack pipe doesn’t have that little bowl at the end. This is why we can’t trust AI. Please make the appropriate edit. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
He left the comment in response to a user who created a mock Hunter 2028 campaign poster, featuring the tag line: “Let’s smoke the competition.”
The former first son has also posted honestly about his years on drugs, writing in one post: “There was zero glory in my addiction. It was truly the most excruciatingly humiliating and degrading experience you could possibly imagine. I wanted to commit suicide almost daliy, but didn’t have the courage for even that.”
“Instead I’d reach for the pipe or the bottle. The cowards [sic] way out. The guilt. The shame. The hurt. The absolute misery of it. Yet here I am. And I am not alone. There are millions upon millions of us. We don’t all agree on politics or people or who we root for on Sunday. But we all have the shared experience of walking through that fire and surviving. I chose to live. That’s not a joke.”
In addition to his X account, Hunter has also started a Substack, and recently sat down for an interview with far-right podcaster Candace Owens, formerly one of his biggest critics.
The Biden scion has used his newfound attention to fire off dozens of missives defending his parents and clashing with critics.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper became a target of Hunter’s recent ire after he criticized former First Lady’s Jill Biden’s memoir.
Tapper is “attacking my Mom,” Hunter tweeted, going on to complain about the business interests of the Trump children and claiming they weren’t getting adequate scrutiny.
Democrats have lamented the former first lady’s tome for bringing back the debate over Joe Biden’s health and his decision to seek a second term and Hunter Biden’s reinsertion of himself back into the public eye is seen by many as an attempt by the Bidens to rewrite their family legacy.
Hunter Biden has posted nearly 500 times since restarting his account, warning his followers: “This crackhead has a lot to say so buckle your seat belt my friend.”
Even President Trump has weighed in after he was asked in the Oval Office on Thursday about speculation Hunter — a self-proclaimed “MAGA Whisperer” — could run in 2028.
“You would think that the past has something to do with winning an election. And I would say his past is not the greatest,” Trump said before hedging: “Hey, if the guy from Maine [Graham Platner] can do well, I guess Hunter could do well.”
Hunter was quick with a comeback: “Did he just say checkered past ? I’m 28 felonies, 6 bankruptcies, and an Epstein bromance short of his checkered past.”
The tweets have continued, with the former first son laying out what suspiciously resembled a campaign platform Friday morning.
“Groceries cost too much. Tariffs suck and make no sense,” he wrote. “The border should be secure, but legal immigration is good. Endless wars are stupid, especially ones that nobody wants and have never been explained. Americans are exhausted.”
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