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(DIY memoir account) "Seizing his narrative from the clutches of Trump & the press" - C C - Apr 17, 2021
Hunter Biden says he was 'smoking crack every 15 minutes', more jaw-dropping moments from memoir
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/03/31/hunter-biden-memoir-he-opens-up-hallie-biden-crack-addiction/4826035001/
INTRO: Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has seen his fair share of ugly things. His alcohol and drug addiction sent him spiraling for years and led him to cook his own crack cocaine. But he's seen a lot of beautiful things, too – namely the love he shares with his father and brother Beau Biden, who died of glioblastoma in 2015.
Biden wrote about all of it in in his new memoir, "Beautiful Things" (Gallery Books, 255 pp.), out April 6. His candid chronicle of his drug- and alcohol-fueled binges and relationship with Beau's widow, Hallie Biden, are sure to shock – but don't let all the tabloid fodder fool you. Biden has found love again with new wife Melissa, whom he credits for getting him back on the winding path to sobriety.
"Where's Hunter?" was a rallying cry from former President Donald Trump to try and smear Joe Biden. "I'm not going anywhere," Biden writes. "I'm not a curio or sideshow to a moment in history, as all the cartoonish attacks try to paint me."
Yes, the book touches on Trump and Biden's Ukraine business, but more compelling are the vulnerable, human details of Biden's personal life. Here's what we learned about Biden by reading his devastating memoir... (MORE)
RE: (DIY memoir account) "Seizing his narrative from the clutches of Trump & the press" - Syne - Apr 17, 2021
He still looked like he was on drugs in his latest interview. This just seems like some misguided form of damage control. It ain't working.