President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is expected to appear in court Monday morning in northeast Arkansas for a hearing related to a years-old paternity dispute.
What began in 2019 as a basic paternity case has transformed into a proxy battle over Hunter Biden’s overseas business deals, his laptop and other financial matters that are under criminal investigation by the Justice Department and facing scrutiny from House Republicans.
The issue escalated last week after the mother of one of Hunter Biden’s children asked an Arkansas judge to hold him in contempt – and send him to jail. She claims he is ignoring court orders requiring him to turn over documents about his finances. (He denies any wrongdoing.)
Here’s a breakdown of the case, what to expect Monday, and the key players involved.
Hunter Biden, 53, had a sexual relationship with a 32-year-old Arkansas woman named Lunden Roberts. She gave birth to a baby girl in August 2018, according to court filings. Hunter Biden denied fathering the child, so Roberts filed a paternity suit in Arkansas Circuit Court in 2019.
In his memoir, Hunter Biden said he denied paternity because he had “no recollection” of his intimate encounter with Roberts, which occurred while he struggled with severe alcoholism and drug addiction, and amid a flurry of casual sexual “rampages” in the wake of a messy divorce.
A DNA test confirmed Hunter Biden was the girl’s biological father. He didn’t contest the results and agreed to pay monthly child support to Roberts. The case was closed in 2020. She said in recent court filings that Hunter Biden “has never seen or contacted” his four-year-old daughter, and that Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden “remain estranged” from their grandchild.
The case was reopened in September when Hunter Biden asked the judge to reduce his…
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