Hunter Biden, the president's eldest son, appeared cheerful and in high spirits as he strolled into an upscale restaurant in Malibu on Friday, the day after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges in a Los Angeles court.
Hunter was spotted surrounded by Secret Service agents and sporting a broad smile on his face as he navigated the premises to Moonshadows Malibu for lunch.
The restaurant boasts “award-winning ocean view dining” and encourages patrons to “indulge in a dining experience that stimulates the senses.”
Hunter, wearing a Hawaiian flag baseball cap and several bracelets under his rolled up sleeves, spent about two hours inside the New American before being taken away.
The eldest son's outing after the confession did not appear to cause any stir in the celebrity enclave along the Pacific coast.
“Honestly, we didn't even know he was here,” a Moonshadows Malibu employee told The Post.
Hunter said in a statement that he pleaded guilty to all nine counts of federal tax evasion before jury selection on Thursday to “save” his family from further “disgrace.”
“I have no intention of subjecting my family to any further pain, invasion of privacy or unnecessary humiliation,” President Biden's son said in a statement. “After all that I have put my family through over the years, I can spare them any further pain. That is why I have decided to plead guilty.”
Prosecutors were expected to present evidence about Hunter's crack cocaine addiction and allegations that he paid tens of thousands of dollars for strippers and pornography while evading $1.4 million in taxes.
Hunter is scheduled to be sentenced in the tax case on Dec. 16. He faces up to 17 years in prison.
He had previously been convicted of three felony counts in Delaware for buying guns while in the midst of a crack cocaine addiction, but lied about that in federal documents.
Hunter faces up to 25 years in prison on the firearms charges and is scheduled to be sentenced on November 13th.
