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October 17, 2014
Joe Biden's Son Hunter Kicked Out of Navy for Drug Use
Joe Biden's Son Hunter Kicked Out of Navy for Drug Use
Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter was kicked out of the Navy Reserve this year after he tested positive for cocaine, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
A Yale-educated lawyer, the 44-year-old Hunter Biden was commissioned as a Navy ensign May 7, 2013 and assigned as a public affairs officer at a reserve unit in Norfolk, Va., the Journal reported. But just a month later when he checked into his new unit and was given a drug test, he popped for cocaine.
He was discharged in February of this year.
In a statement, Biden said it was "the honor of my life to serve in the U.S. Navy, and I deeply regret and am embarrassed that my actions led to my administrative discharge. I respect the Navy’s decision. With the love and support of my family, I’m moving forward.”
It was not clear what type of discharge he received. Military personnel discharged for drug usage usually do not receive honorable discharges, although Biden's statement says he received an "administrative discharge."
The Navy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
CNN has more:
The U.S. official said the Navy never had contact with the vice president's office over the issue, and that standard procedure for failed drug tests is administrative discharge. The vice president's office didn't comment on the report.
In a speech given at the commissioning of the USS Delaware in 2012, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus noted that Hunter would be joining the service. His brother Beau also served in the military, as an attorney in the Army with a deployment to Iraq.
Biden's job in the Navy Reserve was only a part-time commitment. He has kept busy as head of the legal unit for Ukraine's largest private gas firm, according to The Washington Post. He also serves as managing partner at Rosemont Seneca Partners and is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/hunter-biden-discharged-navy-cocaine-2014-10#ixzz3GN1rKBHW
Wild Thing's comment.........
Interesting that this says it happened in February but they are just now letting this information out to the media
Posted by Wild Thing at October 17, 2014 12:55 AM
Comments
He's 43 years old and joins the Naval Reserve. Why? I'm wondering if he had political aspirations and was using the Reserve to fill a square?
Posted by: BobF at October 17, 2014 06:35 AM
From white snow to black gold - oil! VOTE in 25 days AMERICA!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at October 17, 2014 07:48 AM
Gaffe Biden was a draft dodger during Vietnam. Jr was a Marine Jag officer in Iraq. The two together aren't worth a drop of sweat off a Taliban's ass.
Posted by: TomR,armed in Texas at October 17, 2014 02:17 PM
