Hunter Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, was discharged from the Navy Reserve after testing positive for cocaine, a new report says.
Biden, a lawyer who is now a managing partner at an investment company, had been commissioned to the part-time position in the reserve of an ensign.
But the test ended his military career earlier this year, reported the Wall Street Journal on October 16.
The report cites “people familiar with the matter.”
Biden, 44, had trouble even getting into the service because he needed a waiver just to join the Navy due to his age, and another waiver due to a drug-related incident from when he was younger.
In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo Hunter Biden waits for the start of the his father's, Vice President Joe Biden's, debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky. Vice President Bidens trip to Ukraine this weekend, June 7-8, 2014, to support that nations fragile democracy came weeks after his youngest son, Hunter, 44, was hired by a private Ukrainian company that promotes energy independence from Russia. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File
