Hunter Biden's Art and Book Sales Plunge

Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, is facing a tough time. His income has dropped significantly. This is because his father is no longer the president. Hunter's earnings used to come from selling his artwork and his memoir, "Beautiful Things. " But since his father stepped down from the 2024 presidential race, Hunter's sales have taken a nosedive. Hunter's art sales have dropped dramatically. In 2021, 2022, and 2023, he sold 27 pieces of art. Each piece sold for an average of $54, 481. 48. That's a total of $1, 470, 999. 96. But since the start of 2024, he has only sold one piece for $36, 000. This is a huge drop in earnings. The same goes for his book sales. In mid-2023, he sold 3, 161 copies of his memoir. But after that, only 1, 100 copies have sold. Hunter had hoped to make money from speaking engagements and public appearances. But that hasn't happened. He wrote in a court filing, "Given the positive feedback and review of my artwork and memoir, I was expecting to obtain paid speaking engagements and paid appearances, but that has not happened. " Hunter's troubles don't stop there. He's also dealing with the aftermath of a fire in the Pacific Palisades. His rental home was damaged, and he's having trouble finding a new place to live. All these factors have led Hunter to conclude that he doesn't have the money to continue his lawsuit against Garrett Ziegler. Hunter's career has always been closely tied to his father's power. Joe Biden was a senator for 36 years, a vice president for eight years, and president for four years. All that time, there was money to be made by being closely related to the powerful man. But now, Joe Biden is no longer president. He left the White House an unpopular leader, particularly so with many in his party who blame him for the Democrats' defeat in 2024. He has also been succeeded by a man who, while only four years younger than him, has shown incredible energy and drive in his first months in the White House. Hunter Biden also has to live with the fact that he is, and will always be, a recovering drug addict. One only has to look at some of the contents of the laptop to see the depths to which he sank while addicted. People should wish him well in overcoming that. But the fact remains, Hunter Biden, for all his other problems, chose to go into the Joe Biden business. It made him a lot of money over the decades. Even when he evaded paying taxes on millions of dollars in income, a new friend who just happened to be a big supporter of Joe Biden appeared on the scene to “loan” Hunter millions of dollars to pay his back taxes and maintain a lavish lifestyle. And, of course, Joe Biden gave his son an unusually broad pardon in the final days of his term. There were a lot of benefits. But now, the Joe Biden business is closing down. The paintings and books aren’t selling. The speeches aren’t happening. The friends aren’t as generous. It’s time for something new.