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US presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s son Hunter once held at gunpoint while buying crack cocaine in Los Angeles, report says
- Former vice-president’s son felt a gun at his head after approaching a homeless man while looking for drugs, according to New Yorker magazine
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Hunter Biden, the son of former US vice-president Joe Biden, admitted to being held at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine, according to an article published on Monday in The New Yorker.
Joe Biden, the current front runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has repeatedly faced family tragedy during his decades in public office.
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After approaching a homeless man in downtown Los Angeles in 2016, “Hunter said that the man took him to a nearby homeless encampment, where, in a narrow passageway between tents, someone put a gun to his head before realising that he was a buyer,” the article says.
The magazine piece cites interviews with Hunter Biden – who said he “needed a way to forget” – and people who knew and interacted with him.
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“He returned to buy more crack a few times that week,” the article continues in a section detailing a period of drug use and tumult in Biden’s life.
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