It’s Not Just Hunter: Networks Bury Sketchy Financial Dealings of James Biden

You would be mistaken if you believed Hunter Biden to be the only First Family member who had a history of financial problems and international connections. However, you can also forgiven for not learning about James Biden (brother to the President). Like Hunter’s son, networks have so far failed to inquire about his sibling. 

James Biden has concerning associations with Chinese businesses linked to the country’s Communist Party. But even though Joe Biden announced his presidential run back on April 25, 2019, it wasn’t until April 2022 when CBS realized there might be some questionable connections. 

CBS had not spoken out about James Biden since then. NBC and ABC continue to ignore Biden’s allegations. The following dates are available: April 6, 7 and 8, 2022 CBS Evening NewsAnd CBS Mornings devoted a combined five minutes and 51 seconds to James. This is the total network time in over three years. 

On May 31, 2022 the liberal Washington Post decided to investigate the President’s sibling, highlighting the murky and dubious moves made by the President’s sibling. Post writer Matt Viser explained, “From the start of Joe Biden’s political career, James, who is seven years younger, has also walked up to ethical lines his brother has avoided, leaving a complicated trail of business dealings and angry lawsuits.” 

Are ABC and NBC willing to stop covering James’ story? The evidence isn’t encouraging. 

On April 7, 2022 CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge explained, “CBS News has learned that more than 150 transactions involving either Hunter or James Biden’s global business affairs were flagged as concerning by U.S. banks for further review. Some of those concerns, including large wire transfers.” (There was an additional 14 seconds on the March 30 CBS Evening News.) 

Herridge spoke with Senator Chuck Grassley about Republican issues and connected James with Hunter. 

HERRIDGE: After nearly a three-year investigation, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley told CBS News he believes the President’s younger brother, James, was instrumental in Hunter Biden’s Chinese business ventures.

GRASSLEY, I believe James Biden was a big part of it.

(….)

HERRIDGE: This week, Grassley released bank records indicating James Biden’s company, the Lion Hall Group was paid directly by a Chinese finance consulting firm. These are bank records, and they don’t come from any other source.

A concerned Grassley added, “We have people with the Biden name, dealing with Chinese business people that have a relationship to the Communist Party. I think it’s very concerning.” 

According to a CBSNews.com version of this report, Grassley’s investigation found: “Hunter, James, and James’s wife Sara tapped into a line of credit Hunter set up with a Chinese business executive to purchase more than $100,000 in airline tickets, hotels and restaurants.” 

But it’s not as though questions about James Biden began in 2022. On February 14, 2020, the non-profit journalism outfit Pro-Publica released a 12 page report entitled, “The Benefits of Being Joe Biden’s Brother.” Generally, the networks are interested in the exposes of ProPublica. In 2020 alone, ABC, CBS and NBC did nine stories on the organization’s investigations. James Biden was not included in this report. This was the result of a report that was not taken seriously. 

Reporters Chuck Neubauer, Matthew Malone and Daniel Golden detailed the following: 

Jim Biden has been at his brother’s side at nearly every critical junction in Joe’s life. He’s also repeatedly tapped into Joe’s political network for help with his finances, and used Joe’s fame to promote his business ventures.

(….)

Jim Biden (70) has been a cyclist for many years, from nightclub proprietor to insurance broker, to fundraiser, to politician, to investor, and to CEO of a construction company. The highlight of his life was his relationship with his brother, who is an ardent supporter of the Democratic Party and in a unique position to help push for legislation or create government contracts.

The piece quoted an anonymous Biden aide saying in 2007: “There were always questions about Jimmy’s business dealings — what kind of blowback would there be for the campaign?” Team Biden needn’t have worried. They are, with the exception of CBS 2022, protecting the President’s son Hunter from journalists. 

This concern of the Biden brothers goes back a long way. A August 2, 2019, Politico story entitled “Biden Inc.,” reporter Ben Schreckinger explained how, in 2006, James Biden viewed the firm he and Hunter bought:

James stated that Paradigm Global Advisors was a way for Joe Biden to get money from foreigners on his first day. 

James Biden laid out his vision for the fund’s future. “Don’t worry about investors,” he said, according to the executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing fear of retaliation. “We’ve got people all around the world who want to invest in Joe Biden.”

(….)

James Biden said that the fund was a means to make money off of wealthy foreigners. He could not legal give it to his brother, or to his campaign accounts. 

On May 31, Post story, Viser detailed how James encouraged Hunter Biden to take advantage of his dad’s power. Here’s what was found on the infamous laptop: 

Hunter relied on James Biden (known as Jim but is also known by the family under his nickname Jimmy) for matters regarding dollars and cents. Hunter received another email within days from his uncle, urging him take advantage of an opportunity financial related to Joe Biden. Even though the subject matter isn’t clear, it is obvious that Hunter is in urgent need of financial assistance.

“You need to call me now,” James Biden wrote on Oct. 1, 2017. “Just got off the phone with your father…We have the two biggest days of our business life in front of us!!!!!! Or everything will go up in flames! Call me. Keep calm. It is impossible to be more precise in timing. Be calm and measure !!!! Paybacks can come later.”

When will the networks start investigating James Biden? Hunter Biden They have a connection with Joe Biden. When Donald Trump was president, journalists saw it as their job to speak truth to power, to make sure democracy didn’t die in darkness. But with the ethically-challenged  Biden family, no journalistic skepticism is allowed. 

It’s time for ABC, CBS and NBC to do their jobs. Complete investigation All Family members of Biden with questionable connections and others