Ukraine Must Investigate Joe Biden and His Son, Says Former Ukrainian Prime Minister

Ukraine Must Investigate Joe Biden and His Son, Says Former Ukrainian Prime Minister
Former Vice President Joe Biden (L) and his son Hunter Biden at the Duke Georgetown NCAA college basketball game in Washington on Jan. 30, 2010. Nick Wass/AP Photo
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MOSCOW/KIEV—Ukraine must investigate the activities of U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son to establish whether his role in a Ukrainian gas company complied with the country’s laws, Mykola Azarov, Ukraine’s former prime minister, said in an interview.

Hunter Biden’s role in the company, Burisma Holdings Limited, is in focus after the White House released a memo showing U.S. President Donald Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a July phone call to get prosecutors to look into his father’s activities. Joe Biden is alleged to have be involved in firing Ukraine’s prosecutor general to protect his son.