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Why Hunter Biden has challenged Trump kids Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr to ‘get a job’ without using their family name

The feud between US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, left, and Trump kids Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump continues. Photo: @slimefin/ Twitter, @erictrump/ Instagram
The feud between US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, left, and Trump kids Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump continues. Photo: @slimefin/ Twitter, @erictrump/ Instagram
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  • In his tell-all memoir Beautiful Things, US President Joe Biden’s son accuses Donald Trump’s children of suggesting that their millions were self-made
  • Don Jr. and Eric Trump have previously clashed with Hunter over who has benefited more from their famous fathers’ public service

US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has reignited a long-standing war of words with the Trump children, calling them out for “(reaping) the benefits of their family name”. 
In his bare-all new memoir, Beautiful Things, Hunter calls out the Trump kids – Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump – for not being able to get a job outside their father Donald Trump’s business. 

“I’ve worked for someone other than my father, rose and fell on my own,” Hunter wrote.

“Do you think if any of the Trump children ever tried to get a job outside their father’s business that his name wouldn’t figure into the calculation?” asks Hunter Biden in his memoir Beautiful Things. Photo: @hunterbidenn/Instagram
“Do you think if any of the Trump children ever tried to get a job outside their father’s business that his name wouldn’t figure into the calculation?” asks Hunter Biden in his memoir Beautiful Things. Photo: @hunterbidenn/Instagram
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He acknowledged that his own last name was a “coveted credential”, but accused the former president’s children of suggesting that their millions were self-made, and not benefits of carrying the Trump family name. 

“Do you think if any of the Trump children ever tried to get a job outside their father’s business that his name wouldn’t figure into the calculation? My response has always been to work harder so that my accomplishments stand on their own,” Hunter said. 
Beautiful Things, a memoir by Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. Photo: Gallery Books via AP
Beautiful Things, a memoir by Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. Photo: Gallery Books via AP

Hunter is president Joe Biden’s middle child and was a prime target of the Trump family in the run-up to the 2020 election. He was accused of, among other things, profiting off shady Chinese investments and having dubious connections with the Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings. 

Hunter has since been cleared of any wrongdoing. He recently said that he “didn’t realise” his work with Burisma would become a political burden for his father to carry. In a BBC interview, Hunter added that Burisma had seen his name “as gold” and that the Biden name – which was both a “privilege and a burden” had “opened doors that wouldn’t be opened up to other people”. 

Then Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden in January 2009 in Washington. Photo: AP
Then Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden in January 2009 in Washington. Photo: AP

Don Jr. and Hunter have previously feuded over who has benefited more from their famous fathers’ public service.