From Byron York:
It looks like Hunter Biden is facing a new problem: Being the son of a former president is a lot less lucrative than being the son of a sitting president.
In 2023, the younger Biden filed a lawsuit against Garrett Ziegler, a former aide in the first Trump White House, over Ziegler’s role in disseminating information from the notorious Hunter Biden laptop. This week, Biden asked a judge to withdraw the lawsuit. The reason: He doesn’t have the money to go on.
“Since late 2023 and through today, my income has decreased significantly,” Biden said in a court filing. “Prior to that, my income primarily came from sales of my artwork and sales of my memoir entitled ‘Beautiful Things.'” Since then, roughly corresponding with the time his father faltered and then withdrew from the 2024 presidential race, the younger Biden’s income has fallen through the floor.
Biden wrote that in 2021, 2022, and 2023, he sold 27 pieces of art. The average sales price was $54,481.48. That would equal $1,470,999.96 in income for Biden. But since the start of 2024, Biden has sold exactly one work of art, for $36,000. While that is still a lot of money — many artists would love to be able to sell a painting for $36,000 — it’s nothing like what Biden made when his father was at the peak of his presidency.
Likewise, Biden’s book sales have tanked. In mid-2023, he sold 3,161 copies of his book, but after that, only 1,100 copies have sold.
Finally, there is the speaking and public appearance income Biden had hoped to have. It hasn’t materialized. “Given the positive feedback and review of my artwork and memoir, I was expecting to obtain paid speaking engagements and paid appearances,” Biden wrote, “but that has not happened.”
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