Gavin Newsom seems to think it’ll do his profile the world of good hanging out with Joe Biden’s disgraced ex-junkie son and runaway dad, Hunter, for a few hours.
The Californian governor was all smiles as he dropped a teaser to the latest episode of his podcast, This Is Gavin Newsom, featuring Biden, 56.
Newsom released a teaser clip from the sit down on X jokingly introduced his guest as: “Presidential candidate Hunter Biden.”
Biden, in a clip of the podcast appearance obtained by TMZ, joked back: “Here’s the deal. I’ll run, but only as your VP.”
Biden rose to infamy when he lost his “laptop from hell” containing damning revelations about his drug addiction, sex life and family’s overseas business dealings on the computer’s hard drive that were first exclusively reported by The Post just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.
Biden joked his reasoning was that the vice president’s residence “is a lot cooler” than the White House.
The “promise” to run as Newsom’s VP came after the governor referenced recent remarks by President Donald Trump that Hunter Biden “could do well” in a 2028 bid for the White House, in a remark meant to poke criticism at controversial Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner.
“I had to give you a break for just one day,” Biden joked to Newsom, referring to the constant speculation Newsom receives on a 2028 bid.
Biden goes on to say: “They gave me a stage and I’m going to use it.” He reels off a list of people he has clashed with, including Tucker Carlson and President Trump.
Biden is also set to defend Graham Platner, Democrat nominee for the Maine senate seat, who is under fire for allegations of toxic, dishonest relationships with women and having a Nazi tattoo.
He tells Newsom few Americans would survive the ”show me your phone” test and be elected to office.
“If that’s the standard by which we are going to judge people, particularly people in elected office,” Biden tells Newsom, according to Politico.
The podcast appearance teaser set off some critics who poked fun at Newsom’s decision to host Biden, who’s also had a controversial history.
“That’s a whole lotta crack on one podcast…call it the Escobar files!!!” one user commented.
“Is he going to talk about how he did drugs at the White House?” another sarcastically said.
Ever since former President Biden left office, there’s been speculation on Hunter’s whereabouts.
He has marked his seventh year of sobriety with a social media blitz as he attempts to rebuild his shattered reputation. after starting to post in May.
Some of his recent posts made jokes of his decades-long drug addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol.
Biden was found guilty in 2024 of lying about his drug use in a gun purchasing form.
That crime, along with allegations of evading $1.4 million in taxes, was pardoned by his father in one of his final acts of his presidency.
Some of his other recent social media posts strayed into more political territory, such as accusing CNN’s Jake Tapper of “attacking my mom” in his new memoir or blasting Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s plan to develop an abandoned island off of Albania’s coast.
The California Post reported that Biden had been hiding in Southern California from his debts, which include $15 to $17 million to his legal team in Washington DC, $5 million to his former pal and “Sugar Brother,” Kevin Morris, and $1 million to his former art dealer, Georges Bergès.
Biden reportedly blewing $5 million on drugs, suits, prostitutes and new teeth that infuriated his ex-wife during divorce negotiations.
He has also made things complicated for his father at times outside of that pardon; his “laptop from hell” first exposed by The Post dogged the former president over conflict-of-interest issues in Ukraine.
But none of these controversies have dissuaded Newsom from platforming Biden and may even generate more attention onto the governor, considered a potential frontrunner in a 2028 presidential bid.
His podcast is see as a promotional tool for his run.
Newsom has 250,000 subscribers on YouTube and has had at least 10 million views.
His views per episode typically range from the tens of thousands to close to 160,000.
Most notably, he’s invited on guests from the other side of the political aisle — such as Charlie Kirk and Ben Shapiro — which has triggered backlash from some in his Democratic Party.
Newsom has insisted the podcasting is a personal endeavor.
“I’m doing this selfishly because I want to learn. I want to get better in life, not just politics. And if I’m better in life, I’ll be better in politics,” the governor told Politico.
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