Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, announced Thursday he will publish a series of essays on Substack covering the last seven years of his life, beginning with a deep dive into the laptop saga that became a flashpoint during his father's 2020 campaign.
In a post on X, Hunter Biden wrote: “Over on Substack I’m writing about the last seven years of my life. It’s the first draft of the whole story. All of it.” He plans to release chapters every few days along with an exclusive video series titled “Where’s Hunter?”
The first essay, titled “The Laptop,” revisits the political firestorm ignited by a New York Post report claiming that a laptop he left at a computer store contained incriminating material about both him and his father. That story fueled years of GOP scrutiny into Hunter Biden’s business dealings and personal life.
In an excerpt shared on X, Hunter Biden challenged the narrative: “They called it the laptop. I will call it that too, although the name is not accurate, the provenance was never established, and no court or forensic examiner ever certified the chain of custody that would have made it evidence rather than theater.” He argued that efforts to target him predated the device’s recovery, asserting that “a scandal was constructed, and a laptop was produced to anchor it.”
Despite disputing the surrounding story, Hunter Biden acknowledged that the laptop did contain evidence of his long struggle with addiction. “Twenty years of my life, or a version of it. Messages sent at hours that don’t belong to anyone sober. Photographs I would never have taken in daylight,” he wrote. “It is accumulation, the slow daily work of an addict doing the thing that is killing him because the alternative feels like dying faster.”
Hunter Biden, who recently marked seven years of sobriety, has previously discussed his battle with drug and alcohol addiction in his 2021 memoir, Beautiful Things. His new Substack series arrives as the political landscape continues to be shaped by debates over transparency and accountability, similar to how The Hill’s insider subscription service offers premium access to Washington power players.
The launch also comes amid broader Republican efforts to investigate the Biden family’s finances, a push that echoes the intensity seen in other partisan battles, such as the NAACP’s record $20 million midterm investment following a Supreme Court voting rights setback.
By publishing directly on Substack, Hunter Biden bypasses traditional media filters, a strategy that aligns with how a former Air Force officer’s YouTube series pulls back the curtain on secretive military missions. Whether his account will reshape public perception of the laptop controversy remains to be seen, but it ensures the story remains in the political spotlight.
