'This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter,' President Joe Biden said in a statement acknowledging the existence of his seventh grandchild.
acknowledged his four-year-old granddaughter for the first time Friday, ending a long period of silence during a yearslong custody battle involving his son Hunter, who fathered the girl in 2018.in a statement provided to People magazine. "Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”, 32, during his slide into crack cocaine addiction, and she worked as his assistant in 2018. By the time their child,, was born later that year, he had cut off contact.
A paternity test in 2019 revealed Hunter, 53, to be the father of Roberts’ child. In 2020, Hunter paid Roberts an undisclosed amount in child support. A year later, Roberts filed a contempt motion, alleging that Hunter had withheld evidence in their legal proceedings and ignored previous rulings. That case was settled in late June. In addition to the child support payments agreed to in the settlement, Hunter will reportedly let his granddaughter choose some of his paintings.
Throughout the paternity battle, the president has not publicly acknowledged the existence of his son’s fourth child. . According toin strategy meetings that the Bidens have six, not seven, grandchildren. Speaking to a group of children in April, Biden said he had “six grandchildren. And I’m crazy about them. And I speak to them every single day. Not a joke.”
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