Hunter Biden laments Kamala Harris painful book, implies Joe picked her because shes black

WASHINGTON — Scandal-scarred former first son Hunter Biden lamented former Vice President Kamala Harris’ “personally painful” badmouthing of his father in her new memoir and book tour.The younger Biden, 55, chalked up Harris’ bluntness about his father to a desire to be more authentic — and strongly insinuated that her race played a key role in his father’s decision to tap her as vice president.“I didn’t read it.I really didn’t.

I’m just really disappointed.I’ve just heard some of the things.

I tried to block it out,” the budding artist told journalist Tommy Christopher during a rare three-hour interview on his Substack platform.“I’d have to admit, it’s personally painful,” he continued, “for her to, in a book, to try to distance herself and take what I would call the really easy path to distance herself to what I guess she thinks … the biggest complaint about the vice president has always been is that — which I never believe, and I really mean it — is that she is not authentic.”Harris, 61, rolled out her new memoir, “107 Days,” last month, detailing her historically short stint atop the Democratic ticket for the presidency.The former veep had strenuously avoided distancing herself from former President Joe Biden, 82, during the 2024 campaign cycle, much to the chagrin of some prominent Democratic strategists.But in the book, she gave her seemingly unvarnished takes on him, calling his decision to seek a second term in the White House “recklessness.”She detailed a stunning call she received from the 46th president just before her debate against President Trump, in which he pressed her over rumors she had been trashing him to donors.

“My head had to be right.I had to be completely in the game,” Harris wrote.

“I just couldn’t understand why he would call me, right now, and make it all about himself.”Harris also opened up about the rift between her staff and Biden’s, a dynamic that had been widely re...