Hunter Biden teases massive new role with Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom is set to drop a bombshell tell-all interview with former President Biden’s son Hunter Friday morning.

The California governor released a teaser clip from the sit down on X on Thursday afternoon, where he jokingly introduced his guest as: “Presidential candidate Hunter Biden.”

Biden, in a clip of the podcast appearance obtained by TMZ, joked back.

“Here’s the deal. I’ll run, but only as your VP,” he told Newsom.

Biden said his reasoning was that the vice president’s residence “is a lot cooler” than the White House, he joked.

The “promise” to run as Newsom’s VP came after the governor referenced recent remarks by President Donald Trump that Hunter Biden “could do well” in a 2028 bid for the White House, in a remark meant to poke criticism at controversial Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner.

“I had to give you a break for just one day,” Biden joked to Newsom, referring to the constant speculation Newsom receives on a 2028 bid.

In the brief 13-second clip released by the governor, Biden says: “They gave me a stage and I’m going to use it.” He then reels off a list of people he has clashed with including Tucker Carlson and President Trump.

Biden also seems to have talked about Platner — who is under fire for allegations of toxic relationships and a Nazi tattoo. Biden defended him in the podcast, Politico reported.

“If that’s the standard by which we are going to judge people, particularly people in elected office,” Biden told Newsom, “then I don’t think we’re going to have many people in elected office.”

The podcast appearance teaser set off some critics who poked fun at Newsom’s decision to host Biden, who’s also had a controversial history.

“That’s a whole Lotta crack on one podcast…call it the Escobar files!!!” one user commented.

“Is he going to talk about how he did drugs at the White House?” another sarcastically said.

Ever since former President Biden left office, there have been speculation on Hunter’s whereabouts. It seems, however, that he is recently deciding to get more public, in line with his upcoming appearance in the podcast.

Around a week ago, he marked his seventh year of sobriety with a social media blitz and began posting on X in May after months of dormancy. Some of his recent posts poked fun at people pointing out his past drug addiction, when he had a decades-long battle with crack cocaine and alcohol.

That addiction even got him into some legal trouble, when he was found guilty in 2024 of lying about his drug use in a gun purchasing form. That crime, along with allegations of evading $1.4 million in taxes, was pardoned by his father.

Some of his other recent social media posts strayed into more political territory, such as accusing CNN’s Jake Tapper of “attacking my mom” regarding her new memoir or blasting Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s plan to develop an abandoned island off of Albania’s coast.

The California Post reported that Biden had been hiding out in Southern California from over $20 million he owes. Those bills are considerable — with around $15 to $17 million owed to a high-powered legal team in DC, $5 million to his former pal and “Sugar Brother,” Kevin Morris and $1 million to his former art dealer.

Biden has had other controversies, such as reportedly blowing $5 million on drugs, suits, prostitutes and new teeth that infuriated his ex-wife during divorce negotiations.

He has also made things complicated for his father at times outside of that pardon; his “laptop from hell” first exposed by The Post dogged the former president over conflict-of-interest issues in Ukraine.

Those controversies have not seemed to dissuade Newsom from platforming Biden and may even generate more attention onto the governor, considered a potential frontrunner in a 2028 presidential bid.

His podcast, This Is Gavin Newsom, has been seen as a sign of him testing the waters of messaging for a future run.

It has at least 250,000 subscribers on Youtube and has had at least 10 million views. His views per episode typically range from the tens of thousands to close to 160,000. Most notably, he’s invited on guests from the other side of the political aisle — such as Charlie Kirk and Ben Shapiro — which has triggered backlash from some in his Democratic Party.

Newsom has insisted the podcasting is a personal endeavor.

“I’m doing this selfishly because I want to learn. I want to get better in life, not just politics. And if I’m better in life, I’ll be better in politics,” the governor told Politico.

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