FIRST ON FOX: California Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent defense of Hunter Biden against allegations of nepotism and shady business deals follows emails from Biden's infamous laptop showing the president's son donated thousands of dollars to Newsom's gubernatorial campaign and lent his name to multiple fundraisers on his behalf.

Newsom, who is expected to attend Wednesday's GOP debate on behalf of the Biden campaign, brushed off allegations of Hunter Biden's corrupt business dealings last week, saying it is "hardly unique" for people to use their family members to get ahead.

"I don't know enough about the details of that. I mean I've seen a little of that," Newsom told CNN's Dana Bash when asked if Hunter Biden did anything "inappropriate" leveraging his father's name in his business dealings.