Did Joe Biden Just Throw His Only Begotten Son Under The Bus?

Adebayo Adeniran
4 min readJun 22, 2023

And what would Logan Roy have made of this development?

Father and Son at the Presidential inauguration in January 2021

Joe Biden is full of surprises.

And he has provided a good few surprises since his inauguration on the 20th of January 2021.

Over the course of his Presidency, we have witnessed a few mishaps, verbal infelicities, bold initiatives and not forgetting his decision to run for a second term.

But it must be said that the biggest surprise we have seen from the oldest occupant was the news that his only son —Hunter Biden —has decided to plead guilty to tax charges and other offences.

The timing of the news is especially uncanny, given that his principal rival for the top job — Donald Trump — is also having to grapple with his court case and mounting evidence that he committed high treason.

And the news provides ample evidence of the American President’s preparedness to throw his only surviving son under the bus, if it means saving his political career.

One wonders if the fictional Logan Roy would have been impressed by the President’s killer instincts?

I use the Chief protagonist of the most successful show in recent times as a reference point, because we are witnessing the extraordinary ruthlessness of man who is…

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Adebayo Adeniran
Adebayo Adeniran

Written by Adebayo Adeniran

A lifelong bibliophile, who seeks to unleash his energy on as many subjects as possible

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