Hunter Biden has appeared on conservative commentator Candace Owens’ podcast in one of the most unlikely media pairings of the political year, with a preview clip released ahead of Thursday’s broadcast covering addiction, political corruption, and the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
The 122-second trailer opens with Biden telling Owens: “I’ve heard you call me a crackhead many times, and the truth of the matter is, I was a crackhead.”
Biden described his addiction as a “really dark cycle” during which he faced a choice between living and dying, with his marriage collapsing around him during the worst period.
He attacked what he called the “DC elite of the left,” claiming they “crushed my dad because he was never part of that club” and characterising the political establishment as the “Epstein class.”
Biden said the corruption he experienced was “not left or right,” a framing that appears designed to position him as a cross-partisan critic of Washington rather than a Democratic partisan.
On foreign policy, he attacked the Trump administration’s approach to Gaza, saying his father “didn’t green-light to turn Gaza into a Trump golf course with the maitre d’ being Jared Kushner.”
The most striking moment in the trailer involves Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was assassinated in September 2025, with Biden endorsing Owens’ publicly stated scepticism about the official account of his death.
“The criticism of you for asking the questions of someone who was like a brother to you? It’s like, what the eff are you talking about?” Biden said, backing Owens against those who had criticised her for questioning the government narrative.
Owens has spent months releasing alleged internal audio, feuding with Kirk’s widow and Turning Point USA, and publicly stating she does not believe convicted killer Tyler Robinson acted alone.
The interview drew attention across the political spectrum, with former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene calling it “real journalism” and a sign of where the political underground of America is moving.
