Once again, the Bidens have presented a united front.
Wednesday’s gathering was one of the first times that Hunter and Cohen, a South African filmmaker, have stepped out in public since theirprivate wedding in May in Los Angeles.
He is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination to face PresidentDonald Trumpnext year. With decades of public service and a long history of political positions and votes behind him, he has been the target of much criticism from other candidates in the debates so far.
In a lengthy series of interviews withThe New Yorkerearlier this year, Hunter opened up about his father’s support, and the support he has provided in return.
“I’m like his security blanket,” Hunter told the magazine.
“I don’t tell the staff what to do. I’m not there giving directions or orders. I shake everybody’s hands,” Hunter continued. “And then I tell [my father] to close his eyes on the bus. I can say things to him that nobody else can.”
Hunter toldThe New Yorkerhe called his father the day of his wedding to Cohen.
“He was on speaker, and he said to her, ‘Thank you for giving my son the courage to love again,’ ” Hunter recalled of his dad.
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The secret marriage, which became public in June, surprised many. Hunter, a 49-year-old lawyer, was still fending off interest about his previously romantic relationship with Hallie Biden, the widow of his older brother, Beau Biden, who died from brain cancer in 2015.
While Hunter toldThe New Yorkerthat his relationship with Hallie — which the family publicly supported — was only months long, their split was kept quiet until earlier this year.
In hisNew Yorkerprofile, published in July, Hunter addressed the end of his relationship with Hallie,his struggle with addictionand his history with his dad.
“Look, everybody faces pain,” Hunter said then. “Everybody has trauma. There’s addiction in every family. I was in that darkness. … [I]t’s a never-ending tunnel. You don’t get rid of it. You figure out how to deal with it.”
He also explained that he first met Cohen, 32, in L.A., and they married days later on the roof of her L.A. apartment where they exchanged “the simplest gold wedding bands he could find,” according toThe New Yorker.
“She seems very happy,” Cohen’s father told Page Six in July. “I’ve only spoken to Hunter briefly. She’s a very special girl. She has lots of poise and she’s very present.”
source: people.com
