Even some of the most celebrated presidents didn't escape family drama.
Of course it's impossible to know, but based on historical evidence at least a few would find him recognizable, or even familiar. While technology has changed dramatically over the last 250 years, human nature and family dynamics have not.And despite the headlines and congressional hearings, the historical record shows that even the most misbehaved presidential children may not have much impact on election outcomes.
George Washington grew particularly frustrated with one of his step-grandchildren, George Washington Parke Custis, which we know of today thanks to Washington's letters. Custis attended three different colleges as a young man, including the precursors to the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University, and graduated from none of them.
That man, John Payne Todd, is arguably one of the closest predecessors to Hunter Biden. Like the younger Biden, Todd's life was marked by early tragedy and personal struggle. Todd's father died when he was just 1 year old, and his mother married the much older Madison a year later. "On balance, presidential children have been more good than bad," presidential historian Craig Shirley told the Washington Examiner. Shirley points to examples like the four sons of Franklin Delano Roosevelt who all served in World War II, or the sons of George H.W. Bush who became the 43rd governor of Florida and the 43rd president.
"I can either run the country, or I can attend to Alice," Roosevelt once said."I cannot possibly do both."Richard Nixon's brother Donald borrowed $205,000 from business magnate Howard Hughes in 1957, while Richard was vice president, in order to shore up a failing drive-in restaurant. The business went bust anyway, and questions about the nature of the loan haunted Nixon for the rest of his political career.
His outlandish reputation took a dark turn when it was reported that he received up to $2 million from the government of Libya, an incident with strong parallels to the doings of Hunter Biden. The Secret Service gave Roger Clinton the code name"headache," and for good reason. In 1999, Roger took $50,000 and a Rolex from the Gambino crime family on the condition that he convince Bill to pardon the jailed mobster Rosario Gambino.
"This is different,” Shirley said. “It’s not isolated. It’s part of a pattern. It’s indicative of criminality in the Biden family. He’s the most obvious representative, and while his father doesn’t snort cocaine from the rear ends of hookers as far as we know, he has taken illegitimate money from foreign governments and foreign entities.”
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