Hunter Biden
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Umbrella
4.6 • 70K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2026
⏱️ 121 minutes
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Summary
Hunter Biden (Beautiful Things) is a former attorney, artist, and recovery advocate. Hunter joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in Delaware political royalty, surviving the car accident that killed his mother and sister, and the unconditional love of his more extraverted brother Beau. Hunter and Dax talk about the comfort and danger of self-destruction, the mythology of “functional” addiction, and the people who loved him when he could not love himself. Hunter explains how addiction narrows the world to a single need, why being publicly humiliated didn’t make him irredeemable, and what it means to rebuild a life without hiding.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert. |
| 0:02.3 | I'm Dan Shepard. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm joined by Lily Padman. |
| 0:04.4 | Hello. |
| 0:05.0 | Today we have Hunter Biden on, who is an author. |
| 0:09.1 | He was a lawyer. |
| 0:10.9 | He was a lobbyist. |
| 0:13.3 | He is an artist and he's a recovery advocate. |
| 0:17.7 | Obviously, he's the son of Joe Biden, the 46th president. |
| 0:20.2 | And he has a book out now called Beautiful Things, detailing his heroin journey through fucking hardcore addiction. |
| 0:30.7 | Yeah. And so this is a very addiction-heavy episode. It's we try to minimize any political nature. I think this is the kind of story I love to hear |
| 0:39.0 | about addiction. That's primarily what it is. Yes. So I hope everyone goes into it with an open mind |
| 0:43.7 | because it's incredibly honest and vulnerable and powerful. I agree. Please enjoy Hunter Biden. |
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