Hunter Biden sparked outrage this week after unleashing a vulgar personal attack on New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, calling her a “whore” and saying no one would mourn her death.
The remarks came during a November 6 appearance on the Wide Awake Podcast, where the president’s son lashed out over Devine’s reporting on his infamous laptop and her years-long coverage of his overseas business dealings.
Devine, one of the first journalists to publish verified contents from Biden’s abandoned laptop in 2020, later authored Laptop from Hell, a book detailing the emails, business records, and personal messages found on the device.
Her reporting helped expose the Biden family’s financial ties to foreign entities in China, Ukraine, and elsewhere — revelations that eventually drew the attention of congressional investigators and federal prosecutors.
Rather than refuting any of the allegations, Hunter Biden went on a tirade targeting Devine’s looks and integrity.
“There’s no ethics in what, you know, like someone as horrendously ugly as Miranda Devine physically and in terms of her ethics does,” he said during the podcast. “They’re whores for money. And when she goes to sleep at night, I’m sure she sleeps just fine. But I don’t know anybody that is going to be mourning her when she’s gone.”
The outburst stunned listeners and immediately drew condemnation across the political spectrum. Critics said it reflected not only Biden’s volatility but also his unwillingness to confront verified reporting that has withstood years of scrutiny.
Devine responded with restraint, writing on X: “Classy guy. Clearly, he can’t find anything inaccurate in what I’ve reported.”
The attack comes as Hunter Biden faces mounting legal and political pressure. Federal prosecutors have continued investigating his alleged tax violations, unregistered foreign lobbying, and potential false statements related to a firearm purchase. Earlier this year, congressional Republicans released new bank records linking shell companies associated with the Bidens to millions in foreign payments — including from Chinese and Ukrainian nationals — during his father’s vice presidency.
The New York Post’s reporting, once dismissed by legacy media and censored on social platforms, has since been largely vindicated. Major outlets, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, have independently verified large portions of the laptop’s contents that Devine first exposed. Her book, published in late 2021, was later cited in congressional hearings examining political interference and social media suppression of the story ahead of the 2020 election.
In 2020, more than 50 former intelligence officials signed a public letter suggesting the laptop bore the hallmarks of “Russian disinformation.” That claim collapsed when the FBI confirmed the device’s authenticity. Devine has said the coordinated effort to discredit her work amounted to “the most successful disinformation campaign in U.S. history — because it came from inside the government.”
Hunter Biden’s attack also reignited questions about his father’s repeated insistence that the family’s business dealings were above board. While President Biden has maintained he was never involved in his son’s ventures, emails and witness testimony from the laptop suggest he met several of Hunter’s foreign business partners, including executives from the Chinese energy company CEFC.
Media watchdogs and free press advocates criticized Hunter’s remarks as an attempt to intimidate a journalist whose reporting has proven politically damaging.
“This kind of language toward a member of the press is reprehensible,” said one media ethics analyst. “It’s designed to humiliate and discredit rather than engage with facts.”
The Wide Awake Podcast hosts have not removed the episode, and Hunter Biden has not apologized or retracted his statements.
