Hunter Bidenis getting candid about his romance with his former sister-in-law,Hallie, the widow of his late older brother,Beau.
In a new interview withCBS Sunday Morning’s Tracy Smith to promote his new memoirBeautiful Things, the 51-year-old son of PresidentJoe Bidenopened up about the public reaction to him dating Hallie, 46, in 2017, two years afterBeau tragically died from brain cancer at age 46.
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Hunter, who split from his wife Kathleen in October 2015, five months after Beau’s death, noted to Smith that his romance with Hallie “didn’t work.” (Therelationship ended in 2019).
Hallie Biden, Hunter Biden.Ron Sachs/REX/Shutterstock; Paul Morigi/Getty
Hunter’s relationship with Hallie had mixed reactions back in 2017. While the president, 78, and First Lady Jill Bidenreportedly supported the romance, many of Hunter’s clients cut ties with him because of it. He also had to step down from the board of directors of World Food Program US.
“Well, I made a lot of decisions that I probably shouldn’t have made,” Hunter explained to Smith. “There was a lot more compassion and understanding from the people that knew me. But it was a horrible time, too.”
In May 2019, Hunter wed South African filmmaker Melissa Cohen and the couplewelcomed their first child, a son named Beau, in March 2020.
Hunter Biden.Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images
Hunter’s book,Beautiful Things, covers much of the journey he has taken — through drug and alcohol addiction, his tumultuous personal life, as well as his relationship with his family, including his father.
“We talk at least every night,” he said of his relationship with his father. “Not only does he talk to me every night, he calls every one of my daughters and he talks to each of them every day. And he talks to me and I know that he talks to my sister.”
Beautiful Thingsis out Tuesday.
source: people.com
