A poster who is a friend of Hunter's family posted back in Sept/Oct(just before he announced) how the Demonrat party was trying to dig up dirt on him and apparently his opponent had NOTHING to go on in the Nov. election. I do think the Demonrats would worry about an articulate conservative who will set them straight and comes across strong, civil and has the military and personal credentials to back it up. Notice how the DNC has sent out press releases attacking Hunter now. Why waste your time on a so-called 'long shot' presidential candidate. He does worry them, no doubt.
Never stopped them before... they'll make it up. It's not like anyone would get a chance to rebut in the MSM.