President Joe Biden‘s son, Hunter Biden, has faced numerous challenges, including attacks from his father’s political opponents over his struggles with addiction and business dealings. Despite this, Hunter remains a devoted father to his children. He was married to his first wife, Kathleen Buhle, from 1993 to 2017, and they have three daughters together. In 2019, he married Melissa Cohen, with whom he has a son. Hunter also has a fourth daughter from a brief relationship, which led to a paternity case.
Learn more about all five of Hunter’s children here.
Hunter and Kathleen married in 1993, and their eldest daughter, Naomi, was born that same year. Naomi was named after Hunter’s sister, who tragically died in a car accident with his mother, Neilia, in 1972. Hunter and his older brother, Beau, were also in the crash but survived. While Naomi’s grandfather, President Biden, faced off against Donald Trump in the 2020 election—marking years of political rivalry—Naomi shares a close bond with Trump’s younger daughter, Tiffany, who is also 31.
In addition to attending the University of Pennsylvania, Naomi earned a law degree from Columbia Law School. She also lived in the White House after completing her studies and celebrated her wedding to Peter Neal there in November 2022.
Despite Hunter’s personal and public struggles, Naomi came to her dad’s defense in September 2020, posting a thread on X that offered insight into his personal life. She described him as a “man filled with love, integrity, and human struggles” and detailed how her father worked tirelessly to get into law school and provide for his family.
“The pain he has endured would be enough to make a lesser man give up on life altogether,” she wrote. “But despite the best efforts of a cruel few to destroy a private man, he is sober, happy, and as at peace as ever today because as long his family needs him, he has not lost his purpose.”
On Nov. 5, Naomi announced that she is expecting her first child with her husband via Instagram Stories on Election Day. In a mirror selfie, she proudly showed off her growing baby bump, adorned with a voting sticker. “(we) voted,” she wrote above the photo.
