Hunter Biden opened up about his relationship with his former sister-in-law, Hallie, the widow of his late brother, Beau, in a candid interview with CBS News This Morning.
In the interview, The 51-year-old son of President Biden was promoting his memoir “Beautiful Things” and revealed that his romance with his older brother’s widow began two years after his death from brain cancer.
“I think people were confused by it,” Hunter explained. “And I understand that. I mean, I really do. To me, it’s not something that is difficult to explain. Because it came out of a real overwhelming grief that we both shared. And we were together, and trying to do the right thing. And that grief turned into a hope for a love that maybe could replace what we lost.”
Hunter and Hallie began dating in 2017. The romance began way after his split from his wife Kathleen in October of 2015 and his brother’s passing in June of that same year.
The relationship received a lot of mixed reactions back in 2017. While the President and First Lady Jill Biden supported the romance, many of Hunter’s clients cut ties with him because of it, leading him to step down from the World Food Program US’s board of directors.
“Well, I made a lot of decisions that I probably shouldn’t have made,” Hunter admitted to CBS’ Tracy Smith. “There was a lot more compassion and understanding from the people that knew me. But it was a horrible time, too.”
