Hunter Biden came to the defense of Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner during a Friday podcast interview, brushing off the Nazi tattoo and sexting controversies surrounding the candidate."I'm 99.9% certain that Graham Platner is no Nazi, and I don't think that he's racist in any way," Biden said on the "This is Gavin Newsom" podcast.Speaking with California Gov.Gavin Newsom, Biden defended Platner over criticism surrounding his chest tattoo and sexually explicit messages, suggesting few politicians would withstand similar scrutiny if their phones were made public."I have not heard anything in any way that would say to me that he is [an] abusive, misogynistic or antisemitic or racist person," he added.SEE IT: MAINE VOTERS SOUND OFF ON PLATNER'S DIVISIVE CAMPAIGN AS CRUCIAL PRIMARY NEARS: 'HE'S A DISGRACE'Democratic U.S.
Senate candidate Graham Platner participated in a television interview on May 1, 2026, in Portland, Maine, following a campaign event with the Maine AFL-CIO.(Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)Platner won Maine's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday and will face Republican Sen.
Susan Collins in November. He has faced criticism over allegations involving sexting with multiple women during his marriage and a tattoo that resembles a Nazi symbol.But Hunter Biden — who also discussed his own experience with public scrutiny over his past crack addiction — defended Platner, arguing there would be few politicians left if they opened their phones to the public."I always say to people like, ‘Show me your phone.Give me access to your iCloud.
Let's go through it and pull everything that we can that is inappropriate, that is off color,’" Biden said.MAINE DEM SENATE HOPEFUL BACKED BY BERNIE SANDERS APOLOGIZES FOR NAZI-STYLE TATTOO, VOWS TO STAY IN RACEHunter Biden attends an event celebrating the U.S.Olympic and Paralympic teams on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, Sept.
30, 2024.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)"And if...