The second son of PresidentJoe Biden, Hunter Biden, is a father of five himself.
Hunter welcomedhis first three childrenwith ex-wifeKathleen Buhleand his youngest son, Beau Biden Jr., with his current wife,Melissa Cohen. He also fathered a daughter,Navy Roberts, in 2018 with an Arkansas woman named Lunden Roberts — but Navy’s identity was kept private for years amid a legal dispute between her parents over paternity and child support.
Hunter has come under fire for multiple controversies that were brought to light amid his father’s presidential run, including his affair with his late brother’s widow, pastdrug useand aninvestigation into his taxes.
In June 2023, Hunter was charged onfederal misdemeanor chargesof failing to pay federal income tax and a felony charge of illegally possessing a weapon. Hepleaded not guiltyin the tax crimes case and was eventuallyindicted on three countsrelated to the possession of a gun. On June 11, 2024, Hunter wasconvicted of three felony chargesin hisfederal gun trial. However, on Dec. 1, the president announced that heplanned to pardon his son on gun and tax charges.
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While Hunter maintains a close relationship with his children, his struggles with addiction made their relationship tense at times. In an April 2021 interview with CBS News about his memoir,Beautiful Things, Hunter elaborated on howhis family staged an intervention for him— and his daughters were present.
During the confrontation, Hunter said it became so tense that he stormed out of the house until his daughters stopped him. “I tried to go to my car, and my girls literally blocked the door to my car, and said: ‘Dad, Dad, please. You can’t. No, no,’ " Hunter remembered.
Here’s everything to know about Hunter Biden’s five children.
Naomi Biden, 31
Hunter’s eldest daughter, Naomi, was born in December 1993. She was named after Hunter’s deceased younger sister, Naomi, who died when she was 1 year old in a car crash that also killed her mother — Joe’s first wife — in 1972.
Despite his legal struggles and his battered public image, Naomi came to Hunter’s defense in September 2020 in a X thread shedding some light on his personal life as a “man filled with love, integrity, and human struggles.”
“The pain he has endured would be enough to make a lesser man give up on life all together,” she wrote. “But despite the best efforts of a cruel few to destroy a private man, he is sober, happy, and as at peace as ever today because as long his family needs him, he has not lost his purpose.”
Naomi attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in international relations before graduating from Columbia Law School in 2020. According to her LinkedIn, she works as an associate attorney at Arnold & Porter.
The young lawyer grew up in Washington, D.C., and continues to live there today with her husband,Peter Neal. Naomi met Neal in 2018 through a mutual friend, and the couplegot married on the South Lawn of the White House— thefirst wedding held there in nine years— on Nov. 19, 2022. Naomi’s mother and father walked her down the aisle. Theywelcomed their first child— a son named William — on Jan. 8, 2025.
On June 3, 2024, Neal, who is also a lawyer, supported Hunter on thefirst day of his federal trial. He was seen sharing notes with Naomi’s father’s defense team. A few days later, Naomitook the witness standand answered questions regarding Hunter’s addiction struggles.
Finnegan Biden, 23
Hunter’s second child with Buhle was born in 2000. She was named after Joe’s mother, Catherine Eugenia Finnegan — her great-grandmother — who died in 2010.
“I think it’s amazing the way we came together as a student body even in times of so much separation and loneliness for a lot of people,” she told34th Street Magazine. “So I hope there’s some comfort in the fact that the faculty heard us and recognized our voices because we really did come together and support one another.”
Finnegan is no stranger to traveling the world alongside her grandfather for political visits to countries like China and Germany and in May 2023, she added Britain to her list. Finnegan joined her grandmother as the two paid a visit to London in honor ofKing Charles’ coronation.
Maisy Biden, 22
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Hunter’s third and last daughter with Buhle was born in 2001. She grew up in Washington, D.C. like her sisters and attended Sidwell Friends School alongside former PresidentBarack Obama’s daughterSashaduring her grandfather’s tenure as vice president from 2009 to 2017.
Obama has spoken in the past about how Sasha and Maisy were “best friends” growing up and even played on the same basketball team in fourth grade, which Obama coached himself.
“Maisy was like the LeBron of the league,” Obama shared onDax Shepard’sArmchair Expert. “She dominated. She was great, you know, and we went undefeated. The Vipers ruled.”
While some of the parents on the opposing team took issue with a president leading a kid’s basketball team, Maisy said the team owed their success to their skill rather than their coach. “There’s a lot of teams that were like, ‘This is unfair, they can’t have the president be their coach,’ but I mean, we won,” Maisy said on theTODAYshow in January 2021.
Maisy followed in both her older sisters’ footsteps and attended the University of Pennsylvania, which she graduated from in 2023. Joe attended the ceremony alongside Hunter, Jill, and Joe’s youngest child, Ashley. The Biden family enjoyed lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant following the happy occasion, according toAP News.
Navy Roberts, 6
It was revealed in November 2019 that Huntersecretly fathered a childin August 2018 with an Arkansas woman named Lunden Roberts.
Robertssued Hunter to take a paternity testand pay child support, claiming they had a relationship and he was the father of her child — allegations he denied. A paternity test ultimately proved him to be the father.
In 2023, it was revealed that Hunter and Roberts' child was a daughter named Navy Joan Roberts. Soon after, Republicans began criticizing President Joe Biden for previously touting his “six grandchildren,” claiming he wasn’t acknowledging Navy.
In a July 2023 statement provided exclusively to PEOPLE, President Biden pushed back at the criticism, saying, “Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward. This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
A source familiar with the situation told PEOPLE that the recently resolved child support dispute between Hunter and Roberts has dictated how the relationship has played out so far.
“You have to remember there were some fairly contentious legal proceedings between Navy’s parents happening until just a few weeks ago. As grandparents, the Bidens are following Hunter’s lead,” the source said, adding, “They are — and have been — giving Hunter and Lunden the space and time to figure things out.”
The source further said the situation is a family issue.
“Thousands of families have faced similar circumstances, working it out in private, versus the spotlight," the source told PEOPLE. “At the center is a 4-year-old girl and everyone wants what is best for her, including all of her grandparents.”
Beau Biden Jr., 4
A month after reports revealed Hunter split with his brother’s widow, hesecretly married South Africa native Melissa Cohenin May 2019. The two welcomed their son together on March 28, 2020.
Beau Biden Jr.was named after Hunter’s late older brother, Beau. The name was confirmed when Joe’s transition officials announced that a “Beau Biden” would be attending his inauguration in January 2021.
Beau’s older sisters have poured out love for him through the years, with his eldest sister posting a sweet birthday tribute for his 2nd birthday in March 2022. “BB IS 2 TODAY !!!!!!! HBD TO THE LOML 💓,” Naomi wrote in the caption of herInstagram post, which featured a carousel of photos of the youngest Biden in an assortment of silly outfits, including a Chewbacca costume.
In a January 2023TikTok, Maisy sang and danced with her little brother as he munched on some food. “Thats my boy,” she captioned the video.
source: people.com
