Despite his denials, DNA testing earlier this month confirmed former Vice PresidentJoe Biden‘s sonHunter Bidendid in fact father a childwith an Arkansas woman last year, according to a court document her lawyers filed this week.
In a motion on Wednesday,Lunden Roberts‘ attorneys, Jennifer and Clint Lancaster, said that “DNA testing has established with scientific certainty that the defendant [Hunter] is the father of the plaintiff’s child” and, further, “that the defendant is not expected to challenge the results of the DNA test or the testing process.”
“My client has never doubted the paternity of this child, has never equivocated,” Clint tells PEOPLE. “She has never wavered. She has never doubted the results.”
Hunter, 49, had repeatedly denied fathering Roberts’ child or even having sex with her.
His attorneys as well as a spokesman for him did not immediately return emails and a call on Wednesday; neither did representatives for Vice President Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign.
A separate motion, also filed Wednesday on behalf of Roberts, shows Hunter was tested as to paternity on Nov. 9. He agreed to the test in October.
Clint, Roberts’ attorney, says they made the decision to delay making the test results public until Hunter had time to speak with his family, including his other children. (That the motion was filed on Joe Biden’s 77th birthday was accidental, according to Clint.)
“Ms. Roberts is committed to Hunter Biden and his family having the best relationship with the child, whatever that may be, whenever they’re ready,” Clint says.
He says he has not heard from Vice President Biden, though he previously reached out to the campaign.
Clint says the next step in the case will be determining the level of child support Hunter should pay but that settlement discussions have been ongoing.
A hearing is set for early December in Arkansas.
In a brief answer to Roberts’ suit filed in August, Hunter denied all of the allegations made against him.
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Roberts’ suit stated only that she and Hunter “were in a relationship” and had a child born in August 2018. The child was not further identified.
One of the motions on Wednesday sought to have the child’s identifying information kept hidden from the public in order to protect the child, given its connection to the 2020 presidential election.
Roberts “really values her privacy,” Clintpreviously told theArkansasDemocrat-Gazette. “This is a parenting and child support issue between her and Mr. Biden,” he said.
Roberts said she met Biden while she was a student at George Washington University,according to theDemocrat-Gazette.
Clint says Roberts met Hunter while in the Washington, D.C., area but he declined to be more specific. “She considers her relationship with Hunter to be between her and Hunter.”
Hunter (left) and Joe Biden.Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images
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Hunter’s tumultuous personal life, including a surprise marriage, returned him to the headlines this year at the same time as his dad launched a presidential bid — immediately becoming the frontrunner to challenge PresidentDonald Trump.
Democrats in the House of Representatives say their investigation so far shows the Trump administration withheld support from Ukraine, including military aid to fight Russia, until Ukraine agreed to the investigations. (The president denies wrongdoing.)
In June, Vice President Biden confirmed Hunter hadsecretly marriedSouth African filmmakerMelissa Cohenafter he earlier dated older brother Beau Biden’s widow,Hallie Biden, following Beau’s death from cancer in 2015.
According toThe New Yorker, he said he never had sex with Roberts.
source: people.com
