Hunter Biden said he recognised that his father’s decision to pardon him was probably not beneficial to President Joe Biden’s legacy. The acknowledgement matters because the pardon drew criticism over concerns about the appearance of political favouritism and the president’s earlier public statements that he would not intervene in his son’s legal cases.

The available article text does not provide further reporting or direct quotations beyond the headline. Hunter Biden had faced federal convictions connected to gun and tax offences before receiving a presidential pardon, making the decision a politically sensitive issue for the Biden administration.