Hunter Biden Refuses to Testify at Public Hearing

Hunter Biden has declined a request to appear before Congress to testify in the GOP-led impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.

Hunter Biden (C), son of President Joe Biden, arrives for a closed door deposition before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and House Judiciary Committee in the O’Neill House Office Building in Washington on Feb. 28, 2024. Alex Wong/Getty Images

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has refused an invitation from Republican lawmakers to appear at a public hearing before Congress, according to his attorney, who cited a scheduling conflict and denounced the hearing as a “carnival side show.”

Abbe Lowell, Mr. Biden’s attorney, said in a letter to House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) that his request for Mr. Biden to appear at a March 20 public hearing alongside other witnesses can’t be met because of a court hearing the next day in California.