Hunter Biden Explodes at Jake Tapper in Rare Interview: ‘Go F**k Yourself’
Former First Son Hunter Biden weighed in on his years-running feud with Jake Tapper during a rare interview with Breaker this week, following the release of the CNN host’s new book, Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice To Run Again.
The book, co-authored with Axios’ Alex Thompson, details the full extent of the former president’s decline and the efforts made by the media to cover it up.
Tapper himself has faced accusations of participating in the alleged cover-up.
In one instance, an irate Tapper lashed out at a former Republican National Committee co-chair for highlighting President Biden’s “cognitive decline” in a 2020 interview.
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Hunter Biden recalled an intense encounter in which he told the CNN anchor to “go f**k” himself after Tapper hounded him for comment following the death of his brother, Beau.
“It would be impossible to forget or misremember something that upsetting and out of line during one of the toughest moments of my life,” Hunter, 55, told Breaker on Wednesday.
“It happened. I was furious.”
The incident reportedly occurred when Tapper called Hunter as his brother was dying of brain cancer at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2015.
Tapper allegedly followed up using a blocked number, prompting Hunter to issue a blunt response: “Go f**k yourself, Jake.”
Rumors of a long-standing feud persisted for years until Hunter confirmed them this week.
According to several witnesses, Hunter aggressively put his arms around Tapper’s shoulders before telling him, “I would knock you out”.
The alleged threat was made in response to Tapper’s barrage of phone calls years earlier.
“This is a patently false lie,” Tapper said in a statement.
“At no point in my life have I ever called Hunter Biden — I’ve never even had his phone number — and I would never have contacted a person’s immediate family during such a challenging and personal time.”
Tapper did, however, confirm the Super Bowl altercation, but claimed the confrontation was over what Hunter perceived as unfair coverage.
“Hunter did once confront me at a Super Bowl party, but it was over an unrelated issue — coverage he wrongly believed I had done regarding divorce allegations of drug use and using prostitutes, which I actually had never done,” Tapper told Breaker.
A spokesperson for Tapper added:
“The idea that Jake could do something so heartless — and yet the Bidens would subsequently offer him multiple sit-down interviews as well as agree to him moderating the debate, all without anyone hearing about it until now — completely defies logic.”
The back-and-forth surfaced just a day after Tapper labeled Hunter Biden as “sleazy” and “demonstrably unethical” during his ongoing book tour.
During an appearance on Katie Couric’s Next Question podcast, Tapper was asked about Hunter’s role in the Biden family.
“I think Hunter was driving the decision-making for the family in a way that people — he was almost like a chief of staff of the family,” Tapper said.
“It’s bizarre because I think he is provably demonstrably unethical, sleazy, and prone to horrible decisions.”
The CNN host pointed to Hunter’s numerous personal and criminal dealings.
“Well, I mean, I just look at the record. I mean, after his brother died, he cheated on his wife with his brother’s widow and then got her addicted to crack.
That’s just one thing I could say. I mean, I don’t have a lot of personal regard for him, and just based on having nothing to do with — I barely have ever met him. I’ve met him like once or twice.”
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