The White House on Monday defended President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter, and said the president believed his political opponents would have kept persecuting his son going forward.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday explained President Biden 's process in his decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden.

The White House has defended President Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter, after repeatedly insisting he had no plans for such executive clemency. The press secretary said Biden had pardoned his son, who was facing sentencing later this month in two federal cases, to shield him from persecution by the outgoing president's political foes.