An honest analysis of Hunter Biden's adult life shows his most severe addiction problems came only after the influence-fueled gravy train that ultimately allowed him to "pay for everything for [his] entire family for 30 years" began to wind down — at the end of his father's vice presidency.

The latest attempt by the corporate press to run interference for the Biden family seeks to downplay the importance of Hunter's admitted tax and gun law violations by framing it all as a redemption story.

Against the backdrop of growing evidence of significant additional wrongdoing by Hunter and explosive whistleblower testimony that potentially implicates his father in an influence-peddling scheme, The New York Times would have you believe that "the main takeaway" is the "fine model of the love and support" that Joe Biden showed his son.