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Hunter Biden renews feud with CNN’s Jake Tapper — blasting him for ‘attacking my mom’

Nypost · · 677 words · By Ariel Zilber
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Hunter Biden renews feud with CNN’s Jake Tapper — blasting him for ‘attacking my mom’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

Hunter Biden renews feud with CNN’s Jake Tapper — blasting him for ‘attacking my mom’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleHunter Biden accused CNN’s Jake Tapper of “attacking my mom” after the anchor blasted former first lady Jill Biden’s new memoir and questioned her account of former President Joe Biden’s mental state during the 2024 campaign.

Common ground

The prodigal son fired off the broadside in a post on X after Tapper published a CNN.com analysis of Jill Biden’s memoir, “View from the East Wing,” in which he challenged her insistence that her husband was not suffering from cognitive impairment during the…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Whataboutism: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Hunter Biden accused CNN’s Jake Tapper of “attacking my mom” after the anchor blasted former first lady Jill Biden’s new memoir”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Hill, HuffPost, and other web results) confirm that Hunter Biden accused Jake Tapper of 'attacking' his mother following Tapper's criticism of her memoir.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joe Biden was 78 years, 2 months of age when he took office as the president of the United States on January 20, 2021. At the time, he became both the oldest person to be inaugurated as U.S. president…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_and_health_concerns_about_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Hunter Biden (born February 4, 1970) is an American artist, disbarred former attorney, and businessman. He is the second son of former president Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Bide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again is a 2025 non-fiction book by the American journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson. It was published by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Sin_(Tapper_and_Thomp…
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Claim 2: ““So let me get this straight. Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom,” Hunter Biden wrote Wednesday on X.”
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The Hill and other web results specifically cite a Wednesday post on X where Hunter Biden stated, 'So let me get this straight. Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom.'
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Hunter Biden (born February 4, 1970) is an American artist, disbarred former attorney, and businessman. He is the second son of former president Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Bide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Joseph Morell (; born September 4, 1958) is an American former career intelligence analyst. He was the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2010 to 2013 and twice as its act…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Weiss special counsel investigation was a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of David Weiss, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiss_special_counsel_investig…
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Claim 3: “Jill Biden writes in the book... that if he actually got to the point where he wasn’t capable of doing the job, he would step down”
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While sources confirm the existence of the memoir and that Tapper criticized it, the provided evidence does not contain the specific quote or confirmation that Jill Biden wrote that Joe Biden would step down if incapable of doing the job.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American former politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III (February 3, 1969 – May 30, 2015) was an American politician, lawyer, and Army National Guard officer who served as the 44th attorney general of Delaware from 2007 to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Biden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden (formerly Stevenson; born June 3, 1951) is an American educator who served as the first lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025, as the second wife of Joe Biden, the 46th p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Biden
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Claim 4: “He blasted Tapper over a text-message exchange with Trump”
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No evidence was provided in the search results or Wikipedia entries regarding a text-message exchange between Jake Tapper and Donald Trump that Hunter Biden criticized.
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Claim 5: “Tapper strongly denied those allegations, saying he never had Hunter’s phone number and never harassed him during Beau Biden’s final days.”
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One of the web search results explicitly states: 'Tapper strongly denied those allegations, saying he never had Hunter’s phone number and never harassed him during Beau Biden’s final days.' While only one snippet is shown in the evidence block, it is presented as a factual report of Tapper's denial in response to the claims.
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Claim 6: “Hunter has alleged that Tapper repeatedly contacted him while his brother, Beau Biden, was dying of brain cancer in 2015”
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Multiple sources (Puck, iHeart, and web search) report Hunter Biden's allegation that Tapper repeatedly contacted him while Beau Biden was dying of brain cancer in 2015.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hunter Biden says Jake Tapper repeatedly called him when Beau Biden was dying to get the scoop on his brother’s death. (Getty). Last week, Puck’s Dylan Byers reported that there had been a tense face-…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hunter-biden-threatened-knock-cnn…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hunter Biden , the son of former President Joe Biden , confirmed his long speculated feud with CNN anchor Jake Tapper , claiming he once told him to "go f**k" himself after Tapper allegedly hounded hi…
https://www.iheart.com/content/2025-05-21-hunter-biden-confi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hunter has alleged that Tapper repeatedly contacted him while his brother, Beau Biden, was dying of brain cancer in 2015, claiming he told the anchor to “go f–k yourself” during one call. Tapper stron…
https://nypost.com/2026/06/04/media/hunter-biden-renews-feud…
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Claim 7: “Tapper published a CNN.com analysis of Jill Biden’s memoir, “View from the East Wing,””
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Multiple sources, including The Guardian and web search results, confirm Jake Tapper published an analysis of Jill Biden's memoir titled 'View from the East Wing' on CNN.com.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American former politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joe Biden's tenure as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2021, and ended on January 20, 2025. Biden, a member of the Democratic Party, had previously se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Joe_Biden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — View from the East Wing: A Memoir is a 2026 memoir by Jill Biden, the former first lady of the United States. The book covers her four years in the White House during the presidency of her husband, Jo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_from_the_East_Wing
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Claim 8: “She adds that if her husband had exhibited cognitive impairment, she and his staff would have acknowledged it, insisting he was “nowhere near that point in the summer of 2024.””
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The provided evidence mentions the memoir and Tapper's reaction to it, but does not provide the specific text or confirmation regarding the acknowledgement of cognitive impairment or the statement about the summer of 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III (February 3, 1969 – May 30, 2015) was an American politician, lawyer, and Army National Guard officer who served as the 44th attorney general of Delaware from 2007 to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Biden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The family of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, includes members prominent in law, education, activism and politics. Biden's immediate family was the first family of the United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Joe_Biden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden (formerly Stevenson; born June 3, 1951) is an American educator who served as the first lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025, as the second wife of Joe Biden, the 46th p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Biden
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Claim 9: “Co-authored by Axios’ Alex Thompson, the book [Original Sin] examined the former president’s decline and the efforts of aides and allies to shield it from public view.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm that 'Original Sin' was co-authored by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson and examines Joe Biden's decline and the efforts to shield it.
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web search NEUTRAL — Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again is a 2025 non-fiction book by the American journalists Jake ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Sin_(Tapper_and_Thomp…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 23, 2025 ... The best-selling, heavily reported exposé by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios's Alex Thompson paints a picture of President Joe Biden's rapid ...
https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/posts/original-sin-the-book…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 21, 2025 ... Alex Thompson, co-author of “Original Sin,” says his book is a story about Joe Biden's decision to run for a second term and how President ...
https://www.facebook.com/NewsNationNow/posts/alex-thompson-c…
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Claim 10: “Hunter accused Tapper of exploiting his father’s struggles for personal and professional gain following the publication of “Original Sin.””
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Web search results explicitly state that Hunter Biden accused Tapper of exploiting his father's struggles for gain following the publication of the book 'Original Sin'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Biden camp raged at Tapper over his 2025 tome trashing Biden’s aborted re-election campaign, with Hunter taking an especially personal tone. Hunter accused Tapper of exploiting his father’s strugg…
https://nypost.com/2026/06/04/media/hunter-biden-renews-feud…
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web search NEUTRAL — The book “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson are on display for sale at a bookstore on May 20, 2025, in Ne…
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/hunte…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jake Tapper's book "Original Sin" exposes Joe Biden's alleged cognitive decline and the cover-up attempts by his inner circle. The book's release has sparked criticism of the media's former silence, l…
https://btw.co/node/6859984/biden-decline/
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