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Hunter Biden has returned to social media, and the reaction is not what many people expected.
Former President Joe Biden’s son reintroduced himself online last month after years of staying mostly quiet on social media. His opening line was direct: “I’m Hunter Biden. You’ve never actually heard from me.”
Since then, Hunter has been posting more often, mixing jokes about his past addiction, attacks on Donald Trump’s family, and blunt commentary about American politics.
The result has been strange and very online. Hunter Biden, once treated as one of the GOP’s favorite punching bags, has suddenly become a surprise X star.
Hunter Biden Came Back Swinging
Hunter’s posts quickly moved from personal reflection to political attack.
“This crackhead has a lot to say, so buckle your seat belt, my friend,” he wrote on June 4, referring to his past addiction in a deliberately blunt way.
He has also gone after Trump, the Trump family, and media coverage of his own parents.
“So let me get this straight. Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom,” Hunter wrote before listing several claims about Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump.
Then he added the obvious punchline: “And I know: ‘But what about your paintings, Hunter?’”
In another post, Hunter mocked coverage of his mother, former First Lady Jill Biden, while also pointing at Trump’s absence from public view.
“Trump hasn’t made a public appearance in 8 days,” he wrote, before mocking media interest in Jill Biden’s new memoir, ‘View From The East Wing.’
The tone was sharp, sarcastic, and messy enough to feel different from the usual polished political messaging.
Fans Across The Aisle Reacted
The surprise was not just that Hunter came back online. It was that some people liked it.
One user wrote, “As a 3-time Trump voter, I can’t help but really like you. Can you run for president?” The person added that Hunter seemed “relatable and normal,” despite his long history as a political target.
Another user said, “Hunter Biden is giving me a particular kind of joy I’m not sure I’ve felt before.” A former Trump supporter replied that they felt the same way, writing that they had finally realized “Trump and his family are everything he accused Biden and his family of.”
Hunter also leaned into jokes about his past. After one person said they would require at least one campaign ad joking about his addiction history before supporting him, Hunter replied, “How about ‘Let’s take another crack with a Biden.’ Needs work, but the possibilities are endless.”
It was risky. It was blunt. It also played directly into the version of Hunter that many critics have spent years attacking.
Hunter Turned The Attacks Back Around
Hunter also posted a long list of things he said most Americans agree on, including high grocery costs, tariffs, government debt, immigration, wars, AI anxiety, and political exhaustion.
Then he listed the issues he believes Americans are told to fight about instead, including him, his laptop, vaccines, pronouns, and trans athletes.
“That’s the joke,” he wrote.
The post became one of the clearest examples of his new social media voice. Hunter is not trying to sound like a careful campaign adviser. He is posting like someone who knows he has already been turned into a political symbol and is now trying to control the joke himself.
He also denied claims that a bag of drugs found at the White House during Biden’s presidency was his, joking, “It most definitely was not. I would never have forgotten my drugs.” That line spread fast because it did what much of Hunter’s new posting does: it took a scandal Republicans used against him and made it sound absurd.
Hunter was pardoned by his father for gun, controlled substance possession, and tax charges he faced over the years. He has also spoken openly about addiction and sobriety. Now he is using that history as part of his online persona, not hiding from it.
Whether that turns into anything political is unclear. Some users are already joking about a future run, but for now, Hunter Biden’s X return is more spectacle than campaign.
After years of being talked about, Hunter Biden is finally talking back. And the internet, oddly enough, seems to be listening.
