Hunter Biden has revealed in a new court filing that he’s running out of money after his once-lucrative “art” sales have suddenly dried up.
Former President Joe Biden’s son was forced to drop a lawsuit because of his financial woes.
He told the court in the filing that he could no longer afford to pursue his defamation lawsuit against Garrett Ziegler, a former White House aide in President Donald Trump’s first administration.
Biden’s paintings had been selling for up to $75,000 each when his father was in office.
However, he admitted in the legal filing that he had run out of money because the paintings had stopped selling.
Critics on social media pounced on the news, connecting the downturn in Hunter’s “art” sales to his father leaving the Oval Office.
“The scam was simple,” One user declared on X.
“Hunter promised Joe’s power, Joe Biden showed up, and millions of dollars went into the Bidens’ pockets. The grift is over.”
In the court filing about a lawsuit against Ziegler, Hunter Biden said:
““Since late 2023 and through today, my income has decreased significantly.
He admitted that he had sold 27 art pieces for up to $55,000 prior to December 2023.
However, he said he had sold only one painting since then for $36,000.
He added that sales of his memoir had dropped to 200 a month, down from 500 previously.
“Given the positive feedback and reviews of my artwork and memoir, I was expecting to obtain paid speaking engagements and paid appearances, but that has not happened,” Biden said in the filing.
In addition, Hunter Biden said his rental home was damaged in the Pacific Palisades fire.
Biden claims he’s had trouble finding a permanent place to live.
Critics alleged that the paintings were a way for the Biden family to trade political favors in return for technically legal payments to the former president’s son.
Hunter Biden had never publicly expressed any interest in art before his father entered the White House and suddenly claimed to be an “artist” after his inauguration.
In one case, a businessman who reportedly purchased at least one of Biden’s paintings was later named by the former president to the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.
Those allegations fueled mocking commentary on social media about Biden’s financial revelation.
Charles C.W. Cooke of National Review said:
“It’s truly unfortunate timing for Hunter Biden that his artistic inspiration dried up at the exact moment that his father ceased to be president.”
Andrew Kaczynski of CNN added:
“Hunter Biden isn’t able to sell his totally legitimate paintings now that his dad is out of office.”
“Hunter Biden chose to go into the Joe Biden business. Made millions,” said journalist Byron York.
“When he evaded paying taxes, a new friend who just happened to be a Joe Biden supporter gave him millions in ‘loans.’
“But now Joe Biden is out, nobody’s buying the art, and the Biden business has gone bust.”
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) wrote:
“Selling influence and access to Joe Biden was the Biden family business model.
“The scam was simple. Hunter promised Joe’s power, Joe Biden showed up, and millions of dollars went into the Bidens’ pockets. The grift is over.”
Meanwhile, Biden has been in a legal fight over paying child support to Lunden Roberts.
Roberts is a former stripper he reportedly met at a Washington, D.C., strip club and impregnated.
In 2023, a judge said that Roberts could have one of Biden’s paintings as part of the child support agreement.
The judge ordered that Navy, the child Biden and Roberts share, could choose the painting.
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