Washington, U.S. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) released new photographs of Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during the Obama-Biden Administration, obtained through litigation against the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). These images shed light on the connections between then-Vice President Biden, Hunter and his Chinese business associates, and Chinese government officials including President Xi Jinping. Lawyers and representatives for President Biden and President Obama delayed NARA’s release of these photographs, as they did with other records, until after Election Day.
These new photographs appear to show:
- Then-Vice President Joe Biden introducing Hunter to President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China;
- Then-Vice President Joe Biden introducing Hunter to then-Vice President Li Yuanchao of the People’s Republic of China; and
- Then-Vice President Joe Biden meeting with and taking pictures with Hunter’s business associates from BHR Partners, including Jonathan Li and Ming Xue.
Following the Presidential Records Act, NARA had planned to release these photographs on October 23, 2024 — thirteen days before Election Day.
But Biden and Obama’s lawyers and representatives invoked an extension of 30 working days, so they have not been released until now.
In 2013, then-Vice President Biden went on an official trip across Asia, including a stop in Beijing, China. In these newly-released photographs, Joe Biden appears to introduce his son, Hunter, to President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China.
Joe Biden also appeared to introduce Hunter to China’s then-Vice President Li Yuanchao.
While they were in China, Joe Biden appeared to make time to meet with Hunter’s business associates at BHR Partners, including its CEO, Jonathan Li.
Joe Biden also appeared to meet with the Director and Managing Partner of BHR Partners, Ming Xue.
These photos corroborate the House Oversight Committee’s investigative findings that Hunter Biden arranged for his father to meet with Jonathan Li and other BHR executives during the 2013 China trip, where “Mr. Li sought—and received—access to Vice President Biden’s political power, including, for example, preferential access to then-U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus … a condition of Hunter Biden and his associates participating in the BHR deal.”
AFL’s investigation previously uncovered other evidence showing Hunter’s special access to then-U.S. Ambassador Baucus.
As Vice President, Joe Biden also wrote letters of recommendation for Jonathan Li’s son and daughter, according to testimony from Hunter’s former business partner, Devon Archer, and emails found on Hunter Biden’s laptop.
According to the Committee’s investigation, the Biden Family benefitted from their business dealings with BHR.
Even so, the Biden-Harris Administration is preventing the release of 182 of the 313 photographs that NARA processed.
AFL will keep fighting for the release of these unlawfully withheld records.
Statement from Michael Ding, America First Legal Counsel:
“Even while President Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, for anything and everything ‘he has committed or may have committed or taken part in’ going all the way back to the year 2014, more evidence comes out each day showing how his family leveraged Joe Biden’s even longer career in public office for private gain. America First Legal will not stop fighting to uncover the full story of the Biden Family’s corruption,” said Michael Ding.
View all the photographs released here (https://media.aflegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/19163754/Hunter-Biden-photos-2013-2014.pdf) and here (https://media.aflegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/19163828/Hunter-Biden-photos-2015-2017.pdf). Please let us know if you can identify any other notable individuals in these photographs.
Source: America First Legal
