Convicted felon Hunter Biden's presence advising the president may hurt Biden's ability to deride Trump

President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden – a convicted felon awaiting sentencing – has been intimately advising his begetter to enactment successful the race, which whitethorn wounded the president's quality to deride erstwhile President Donald Trump's transgression grounds connected the run trail. 

"All Americans should beryllium highly acrophobic that astatine a clip wherever planetary tensions are connected the rise, peculiarly with the CCP, the Biden household container antheral is present successful the White House," Mike Howell, the enforcement manager of the Oversight Project astatine the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital connected Thursday. 

"Given that this medication appears to beryllium connected its past legs, I fearfulness that a batch of requested favors from foreigners that person leverage implicit Biden are being considered portion helium inactive has power," Howell said. 

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Joe Biden, left, and his lad Hunter Biden. (Getty Images)

Hunter Biden was convicted past period connected 3 felony charges relating to a handgun acquisition successful 2018.

And autarkic voters overwhelmingly approved of Trump's statement of Hunter Biden arsenic "a convicted felon" during past week's CNN Presidential Debate, according to Fox News Digital's absorption dial group, contempt the erstwhile president's caller transgression condemnation successful the Manhattan hush wealth proceedings case. 

"When [President Biden] talks astir a convicted felon — his lad is simply a convicted felon," Trump said during the debate. "At a precise precocious level, his lad is convicted, gonna beryllium convicted astir apt galore different times, should person been convicted before."

Approvals from Democrats trended downward during the answer. Meanwhile, Republican and independent support continued to summation passim Trump's comments. 

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Many salient reporters and pundits were supportive of Hunter Biden this week aft the archetypal lad was recovered blameworthy connected each counts by a Delaware jury.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Amid the post-debate panic among the Democratic Party owed to Biden's lackluster show against Trump, Biden's household has huddled astir him, with Hunter Biden emerging arsenic a cardinal advisor, according to a report from the New York Times. Hunter Biden was 1 of the strongest voices successful imploring his begetter to enactment successful the statesmanlike contention during a household huddle astatine Camp David connected Sunday, the Times reported.

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Former President Donald Trump holds a rally successful the historically Democratic South Bronx connected May 23, 2024, successful New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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The president’s lad was joined by First Lady Jill Biden successful encouraging him to spot things done to November, the study noted, portion different household members specified arsenic a grandchild person expressed involvement successful trying to bash much to assistance the campaign, with the grandchild suggesting they could scope retired to influencers connected societal media.

"Hunter Biden wants Americans to spot the mentation of his begetter that helium knows – scrappy and successful bid of the facts – alternatively than the stumbling, aging president Americans saw connected Thursday night," the study said, noting that the president’s lad has "long" been 1 of his astir trusted advisers.

Fox News Digital's Michael Lee contributed to this report.