Melissa and Hunter welcomed one child together, son Beau Biden. He was born on March 28, 2020. Their son was named after Hunter’s late older brother, Beau. The name was confirmed when Joe’s transition officials announced that a “Beau Biden” would be attending the president’s inauguration in January 2021. Hunter is the father to four other children, welcoming his first three with ex-wife Kathleen Buhle. He fathered a daughter, Navy Roberts, in 2018 with an Arkansas woman named Lunden Roberts — but Navy’s identity was kept private for years amid a legal dispute between her parents over paternity and child support.
In 2025, he was seen publicly in Cape Town, South Africa, driving a rented car, in what was described as his first sighting since his father announced his cancer diagnosis. Even after the pardon, debate continues over whether his business relationships (e.g. with Burisma) represented undue influence or just normal business activity. The Weiss report attempts to reinforce that the justice system applied equally in Hunter’s case — arguing that the prosecutions were not politically motivated.
