A tale of two Hunters: one died for America, the other went from grift to grift
By Phelim McAleer
September 6, 2021 9:10pm
Two boys named Hunter were born nearly 30 years apart, on opposite ends of our continental nation. Hunter Biden was born in Wilmington, Del., in 1970; Hunter Lopez, in Indio, Calif., in 1999. The course of their lives are a damning indictment of elite privilege in America.
In 2009, a 10-year-old Hunter Lopez announced he was going to serve his country as a US Marine. Hunter Biden had different priorities in 2009, spending most of his days drunk or hungover or both, according to his memoir.
In 2014, Hunter Lopez joined his local Sheriff’s Explorer Scout Program. Being part of this junior law-enforcement group would help his application to join the Marines and his plan to enter law enforcement after military service.
That same year, Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy firm that paid him $83,000 a month despite his complete lack of any valuable professional asset, except being the son of Joe Biden, then the vice president of the United States.
A few years later, Hunter Lopez would earn around $2,000 a month as an enlisted Marine. Hunter Biden, meanwhile, got into the US Navy Reserve in 2014, working in the p.r. department. This, despite his too-high age (43) and history of drug use. But these shortcomings were no matter. He easily gained waivers, and he didn’t even have to show up for boot camp.
Hunter Lopez, however, received no special treatment during his enlistment as a Marine. His family said he loved every moment of the four-year stint, even so. Hunter Biden’s career in the Navy was much shorter. He was discharged soon after joining when it was discovered that he was still using cocaine.
In 2017, Hunter Biden’s company received a wire transfer of $3.5 million for “consultancy” from Elena Baturina, the wife of the former mayor of Moscow. He also negotiated deals with Chinese nationals, Jianming Ye and Patrick Ho, since charged with corruption. Hunter also went on a $100,000 spending spree with a Jianming-supplied credit card.
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