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Hunter Biden: Obama leading father off stage ‘really pissed me off’

Hunter Biden said Obama leading President Biden offstage made his father appear weak and feared the moment would become a viral meme, reflecting campaign image concerns.

  • At a Los Angeles fundraiser on June 15, 2024, Barack Obama took then-President Joe Biden by the hand to lead him offstage at the Peacock Theater.
  • Hunter Biden said the gesture looked humiliating and feared it would become a meme, telling Jonathan Karl he remained 'still heated' about the moment months later.
  • In interviews with Karl, Hunter Biden described almost leaping onstage and said, `I almost jumped up on the stage and said, 'Don't ever f--king do that to the president of the United States again — ever'`.
  • The moment preceded Biden's poor debate performance with Donald Trump, heightening Democratic campaign aides' worries about President Joe Biden's age and capacity.
  • ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports in "Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America," out next Tuesday, that Hunter Biden was furious with former President Obama for taking President Biden's hand to lead him offstage last year.
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Axios broke the news in Washington, United States on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
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