Hunter Biden ex-partner says president was ‘never involved’ in any business deals

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rob Walker, a longtime friend and business associate of Hunter Biden, has told the House Oversight Committee that President Joe Biden was “never involved” in any of the “legitimate business activities” he and the president’s son undertook in the early 2000s. Mr Walker, who gave evidence in a closed-door deposition before the Republican-led panel on Friday, told committee members that Hunter Biden, a Yale-educated attorney and former lobbyist, “always” took pains to ensure a “clear boundary” between his business activities and his father. He added that “any statement to the contrary” regarding the elder Mr Biden’s involvement in his son’s business ventures is “simply false,” and stressed that as Hunter’s business partner, he “always understood and respected” the boundaries between Hunter’s business and his famous father. He said he and Mr Biden started to enter various business ventures beginning around 2008, the year his father, then a Delaware senator, was running for vice president as Barack Obama’s running-mate, and described Hunter as “an intelligent, caring, and generous person” whose “demeanor and strong interpersonal skills made him a valued and effective business partner”.