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Hunter Biden

17 statements across 13 episodes · 0 bullish · 15 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Oct 16, 2020 by David Sacks · said 138 times in 46 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: Hunter Biden's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (57), David Sacks (37), Chamath Palihapitiya (16), Senator Eric Schmitt (12), Michael Shellenberger (2), Adam Carolla (2), Vivek Ramaswamy (1), Scott Bessent (1)

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2026 8 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2025 19 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode
2024 12 mentions in 11 episodes 1 per episode
2023 53 mentions in 13 episodes 4 per episode
2022 32 mentions in 6 episodes 5 per episode
2021 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2020 10 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode

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Everything said about Hunter Biden, oldest first

Oct 16, 2020 negative
Opinion
Sacks: New York Post Hunter Biden story lacks journalistic integrity
“I think the New York post story stinks. I don't think it meets sort of standards of journalistic integrity.”
David Sacks Oct 16, 2020 ▶ 3:32 E10: Twitter & Facebook botch censorship (again), the publisher vs. distributor debate & more
Jan 22, 2022 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: Hunter Biden managed billions in China and profited from dealings
“Hunter Biden went over to China to manage billions of dollars for them and profited by his business dealings over there.”
David Sacks Jan 22, 2022 ▶ 8:50 E64: Antitrust standards & enforcement, tech repricing, lab leak obfuscation, E63 reactions & more
Nov 19, 2022 negative
Opinion
Sacks: House Republicans should investigate SBF and FTX before Hunter Biden
“The first investigation by the House of Representatives needs to be SBF and FTX, not Hunter Biden. SBF makes Hunter Biden look like a piker. I mean, you know, Hunter Biden was what? A couple million dollars of grift. This is ten billion dollars plus a grift.”
David Sacks Nov 19, 2022 ▶ 1:34:27 E105: Tech culture wars: Elon vs. SBF, Sabotaging Republicans with Trump
Dec 10, 2022 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: FBI warned social networks to suppress authentic Hunter Biden laptop story
“A very important piece of this was the pre-bunking that the FBI went to Facebook and Twitter and social networks and said, be on the lookout for a story about Hunter Biden. It is Russian disinformation. And they primed these social networks to suppress that st…”
David Sacks Dec 10, 2022 ▶ 39:30 E107: The Twitter Files Parts 1-2: shadow banning, story suppression, interference & more
Dec 10, 2022
Assertion Supported
Sacks: FBI knew Hunter Biden's laptop was authentic in 2019
“The FBI was given the laptop in 2019 by the lap store, store owner. Those guys have forensics. They have cyber experts. They knew the laptop was real. We know it's real now. Nobody questions that. In fact, the FBI has admitted that the laptop was real and that…”
David Sacks Dec 10, 2022 ▶ 41:13 E107: The Twitter Files Parts 1-2: shadow banning, story suppression, interference & more
May 12, 2023 negative
Opinion
Calacanis states that Hunter Biden is clearly a grifter
“He's clearly a grifter. I don't think there's any doubt about that.”
Jason Calacanis May 12, 2023 ▶ 1:07:09 E128: Google enters AI wars, Druck’s warning, Trump crushes CNN & more
Jun 24, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Sam Bankman-Fried is almost as protected as Hunter Biden
“He's almost as protected as Hunter Biden.”
David Sacks Jun 24, 2023 ▶ 1:23 E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
Jul 9, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Chamath: White House cocaine likely belonged to overworked staffer, not Hunter Biden
“I actually don't think it was Hunter Biden. I think it was probably, like, some young kid who has working, like, long hours, and was like, I need a little upper here to stay up, and was like, I need a bump, and so the kid brought some nose candy to her.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 9, 2023 ▶ 1:19:37 E136: Hacking the pod, Threads launches, Fed minutes, immigration, balloon farce, heart health
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Opinion
Ramaswamy considers Biden family foreign business dealings the strongest scandal
“I think that's the strongest of the scandals I've heard so far.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:05:31 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Sep 1, 2023 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: Joe Biden joined 20 Hunter Biden calls using a pseudonym
“Based on the sworn testimony of Devin Archer, who was Hunter Biden's partner, that Biden participated in over 20 phone calls where he would call in when they were in the room with clients to, quote, be the brand. And now we find out that Biden was communicatin…”
David Sacks Sep 1, 2023 ▶ 8:13 E144: Biden targets Elon, BRICS challenges the West, Tiger hit piece & more
Sep 8, 2023 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: Judge rejected Hunter Biden's plea deal over foreign lobbying immunity
“What the DOJ tried to do was a settlement with Hunter Biden, where he would plead guilty on that same gun charge because it's kind of a nothing charge, but then buried deep in that settlement was a broad immunity on all of the foreign lobbying he was doing, th…”
David Sacks Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:55:23 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Palihapitiya: Hunter Biden will be in jail by 2024 election
“I think there's a very good chance that Biden's son. He's in jail by the time the election comes around”
Chamath Palihapitiya Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:53:10 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 negative
Opinion
Christie: Hunter Biden joined Burisma board solely due to Joe Biden's influence
“None.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 21:15 In conversation with Chris Christie
Dec 16, 2023 negative
Assertion Not yet assessed · timeframe Dec 2023
Calacanis says NYT omitted 'financially' from Hunter Biden quote
“And the New York Times took out the word financially to make it more broad to say he's not been involved in my business.”
Jason Calacanis Dec 16, 2023 ▶ 45:16 E157: Epic legal win, OpenAI's news deal, FCC targets Elon, the limits of free speech & more
Aug 21, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Schmitt: Biden kept classified documents without declassification authority as VP
“Joe Biden, Who wasn't ever president, he was vice president, who can't declassify documents, had boxes and boxes of classified documents in his garage where Hunter Biden lived.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 41:11 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
Aug 21, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Schmitt: FBI possessed Hunter Biden's laptop in 2019 during pre-bunking efforts
“We took the deposition of Elvis Chan, who was the FBI agent in charge of Northern California that was pre-bunking the Hunter Biden laptop story, even though the FBI had the laptop in 2019, right?”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 5:05 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
Apr 8, 2026 negative
Disclosure
Shapiro: I was publicly critical of Joe Biden pardoning Hunter Biden
“I was critical of Joe Biden when he pardoned his son, right? I was critical of him publicly.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 43:28 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
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