abide by the jury decision I will do that and I will not pardon him President Joe Biden had previously said that he would not pardon his son Hunter Biden but now he’s done exactly that here’s what we know so far Joe Biden pardoned Hunter Biden weeks before he was set to receive his punishment for federal Fel gun and tax convictions and less than two months before Donald Trump is set to return to the White House Biden had pledged to Americans multiple times that he would restore NS and respect the rule of law after Trump’s first term in the office but he ultimately used the extraordinary powers of the president for his family’s benefit in a statement released on Sunday evening Biden said that war politics had infected this process that led to the Cod miscarriage of Justice Hunter Biden was convicted in June of three felonies for purchasing a gun in 2018 while lying about not illegally using or addicted to drugs according to prosecutors he was also accused of failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes Hunter Biden said that he would devote the life he has rebuilt to help those who were still suffering