President Biden did not acknowledge the existence of his seventh grandchild and fifth granddaughter, his son’s estranged daughter. hunter bidenduring remarks at the Women’s History Month reception held at the White House on Monday.
“I think there’s a future for all Americans, and I think there’s a future for my daughter and four granddaughters. They’re amazing, by the way.” Mr. Biden said:. “You should meet my granddaughters. Oh, you might think I’m kidding, but I’m not.”
Mr. Biden, 81, has claimed many times in recent years that he only has six grandchildren, but they were born out of wedlock to Mr. Hunter and his mother, Landen Alexis Roberts, who is based in Arkansas. Five-year-old Marine Corpsman Joan Roberts is being ignored.
Last July, Biden spoke publicly about his fifth granddaughter for the first time amid backlash for not acknowledging her existence.
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President Biden speaks alongside First Lady Jill Biden at the Women’s History Month reception in the East Room of the White House on March 18, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“Our son Hunter and his Navy mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interest of our daughter, while protecting her privacy as much as possible,” Biden told Fox News Digital at the time. said. .
“This is not a political issue, this is a family issue,” he added. “Jill and I want only what’s best for all of his grandchildren, including the Navy.”
Mr. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have repeatedly refused to acknowledge the Navy’s presence. omit frequently They persuaded her by claiming they only had “four granddaughters.”
December 2022 marks the second consecutive Christmas season in which the White House has excluded the Navy from its Christmas stocking display. First Lady Jill Biden will hang stockings for her grandchildren and pets over the mantle of the National Dining Room for the 2023 Christmas season after making her public presence in the summer of 2023. has been abolished.
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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden listen to a speech by former First Lady of California Maria Shriver during the Women’s History Month reception in the East Room of the White House on March 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Prior to that, in 2020, Biden mistakenly said he and the first lady had five grandchildren, forgot about then-newborn Beau Biden, and completely ignored the Navy. .
At the “Bring Your Child to Work Day” event held at the White House in April 2023, Biden claimed There are only 6 grandchildren. “I have six grandchildren and I’m obsessed with them. And I talk to them every day. I’m not kidding,” he said.
Hunter Biden long denied having a Navy father, but a 2019 DNA test proved otherwise. Since then, he has been fighting to have his child support reduced. Navy was born in August 2018, and Roberts filed a paternity suit in May 2019. Following the results of the DNA test, both parties agreed to temporary child support.
Hunter Biden and Roberts reach agreement According to the Democratic Party Gazette, the paternity and child support lawsuit is expected to be settled in March 2020. The case was then reopened after he requested a child support modification.
Hunter Biden looks on during the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 18, 2022 in Washington. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
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June 2023, Hunter Arkansas child support lawsuit settled With Joan’s mother in the Navy. According to court filings, Ms. Hunter agreed to give her daughter a portion of her painting, and her child’s mother dropped a counterclaim to change her child’s last name to “Biden.” Agreed.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News’ Brandon Gillespie and Joe Schoffstall contributed to this report.
