Hunter Biden admits laptop 'certainly' 'could be' his

Hunter Biden admitted the laptop whose hard drive contents were obtained by the media in late 2020 “certainly ... could be” his after all, with President Joe Biden’s son suggesting the laptop could have been stolen or hacked and hinting without evidence that Russian intelligence might be behind it. 

The younger Biden, who has admitted to being under federal investigation related to his taxes, is promoting a memoir about his life and his documented struggle with drug addiction titled Beautiful Things. 

He was asked about the laptop on CBS Sunday Morning in a clip released Friday, with Tracy Smith asking if it was his. The president’s son repeatedly gave evasive answers. 
“For real, I don’t know. I really don’t know what the answer is,” Biden said. “That’s the truthful answer.”

When pressed again, “yes or no,” if he knew whether the laptop was his, he dodged, saying, “I don’t have any idea. I have no idea whether or not.” 

Smith said, “So it could’ve been yours.” 

“Of course, certainly,” Biden replied. “There could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. It could be that I was hacked. It could be that it was Russian intelligence. It could be that it was stolen from me.”

A Delaware computer repair shop owner named John Paul Mac Isaac said he came into possession of Biden’s laptop after the now-president’s son dropped it off for repairs in April 2019 but never came back to get it.
 
The New York Post published stories beginning in October 2020 claiming the publication received a copy of a laptop hard drive belonging to Biden from Rudy Giuliani, who was a lawyer for former President Donald Trump. Giuliani said he obtained the hard drive from Mac Isaac's repair shop, and Mac Isaac said he also provided a copy to the FBI.