Posted on 11/15/2025 10:52:17 AM PST by Signalman
Hunter Biden ignited a wave of outrage this week after launching a vicious, deeply personal attack on New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, calling her a “whore” and suggesting no one would mourn her death. The remarks came during a Nov. 6 appearance on the Wide Awake Podcast, where the former-president’s son erupted into a tirade over Devine’s reporting on his now-infamous laptop.
Devine, one of the first journalists to publish details from the laptop in 2020, has continued to report extensively on its contents. She later authored Laptop from Hell, a book documenting the emails, business records, and personal files found on the device — reporting that has since been repeatedly validated by investigators and corroborating witnesses. Her work has been central to exposing the Biden family’s overseas financial dealings, ultimately placing Hunter Biden under federal scrutiny.
Rather than address the substance of her reporting, Hunter Biden attacked Devine’s appearance, credibility, and character in a rant that stunned viewers. His comments, captured in the podcast transcript, spoke for themselves:
“There’s no ethics in what, you know, like someone as horrendously ugly as Miranda Devine physically and in terms of her, in terms of her ethics does,” Hunter said. “I mean, she is… Daily Mail and, you know, but I mean, they’re whores.”
“I mean, they’re whores for money. And, you know, she does it because she makes money. And, you know, when she goes to sleep at night, I’m sure she sleeps just fine. But, you know, I don’t know anybody that is going to be mourning her when she’s gone,” he finished.
Devine herself responded with sharp restraint, posting: “Classy guy. Clearly, he can’t find anything inaccurate in what I’ve reported.”
While the president’s son is no stranger to controversy, the explicit nature of this attack — including the suggestion that Devine is both morally corrupt and physically “horrendously ugly” — has prompted widespread backlash.
Wen the Biden campaign and its media allies tried to wave off the reporting as “Russian disinformation.” Years later — with the laptop confirmed authentic and many of its contents now used in federal court. Devine’s reporting didn’t fade. It held up.
Devine, an Australian-born columnist for the New York Post, was central to exposing the laptop’s contents in 2020. She helped publish and analyze the material Hunter allegedly left at a Delaware repair shop, including emails, business correspondence, and personal files. Her coverage, later expanded in her book Laptop from Hell, raised serious questions about Biden’s foreign business arrangements and potential overlap with his father’s political activities.
The story immediately drew heavy pushback — social media platforms throttled distribution, and intelligence officials floated the idea that it might have been a foreign operation. But those claims soon collapsed. Subsequent reporting confirmed major portions of the laptop as genuine, solidifying Devine as one of the most consequential journalists on the story.
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Excellent reporter and classy human being.
Again; I’m very sorry. On top of everything, my printer has gone kerflooey now, too...
Yes. Hunteer Biden is a crude ass.
The whole Biden family is trashy. (I don’t know about any personal peccadilloes of Beau. He may have been a decent fellow. If so, he was an exception.)
Well wen Beau died, ole Hunter quickly started banging Beau’s wife too.
That’s classy right there.
Maybe so.
Don't know about her personal life. Not interested.
My quarrel is with the word "beloved". It is a word with deep meaning. And almost no one is "beloved" outside their family and a few close friends.
Beloved is when their loss would be intense and long lasting not, "oh how sad, when is dinner."
Words mean things.
And clear communication is necessary for a civilization to function.
Call her respected. Call her dedicated. Call her thorough. Call her even renown.
But not beloved.
Admiration is a kind of love, perhaps the highest kind.
Devine always presents like an absolute lady, and she’s fearless, principled and a straight shooter.
Oooooops! Jamestown.
You see that is fine. Any of those adjectives would have been good.
Not sure if I agree that admired is a type of love. I can admire someone's work while thinking they are the type of human I would like to be kept far away from me.
But beloved is even beyond love to the highest emotional attachment possible.
You want to be with them and their being around delights you. Even when they are being an annoying pain in your rear you cherish their very existence.
It is a category into which very few people will fall in your life time. If you are very nice and lucky it is a category into which you will be placed by a special few.
It is not a word that should be cheapened like "brave" has been. Calling someone "brave" is almost an insult now.
So maybe I overreacted to the word being thrown around casually.
Or maybe not.
I think admiration for someone of good character is very much akin to Aristotle’s concept of ‘philia’.
I think President Trump is loved in a certain way by many of us. It’s often been expressed by individuals here.
THE DRUGS CANNOT TAKE HIM SOON ENOUGH
You're right on this - it was a poor choice of words...
Why would he say she is horrendously ugly? I think she looks devine. Seriously, she is an attractive woman.
I disagree.
Admiration is a bit detached. You do not have to love the person in any way to admire them.
I think President Trump is loved in a certain way by many of us. It's often been expressed by individuals here.
In a certain way. Yes. Sort of the way we can say we "love" something while fully aware that we will discard it when it is no longer useful.
Boy, does that sound cynical. It is not meant to be. Just realistic. Which is almost indistinguishable any more.
Anyhow I have registered my objection to throwing the word "Beloved" around carelessly and people may agree or disagree.
He is definitely his father’s son.
So, when’s he going to run for president? I mean, he IS the smartest man his father knows.
I agree about Kelly.
He meant it in a good way...
NOT in any way a problematic issue for me.
I’ve done it a few times [with much more modest examples,] and do appreciate examining the nuances of similar escapades here at FR.
It’s all good.
I did it once before in a private freepmail. I’ll have to be more careful...
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