# Will Joe Biden pardon Hunter? (Answer: Yes. Pardoned on December 1, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 11, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-joe-biden-pardon-hunter-answer-yes-pardoned-on-december-1-2024/994425 "2023-12-11T16:07:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 80
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-joe-biden-pardon-hunter-answer-yes-pardoned-on-december-1-2024/994425/80 "2023-12-13T23:38:12Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I strongly suspect that the differences between the cites that Sam is using and the ones that the other ones are using is that Sams are for those convicted of tax fraud I think this is right. 2/3rds of convictions result in jail time, not 2/3 of all cases. Hunter could have had a plea deal. He had a pretty good one all lined up, but his lawyers went too far and tried to slide a blanket immunity for all prior crimes into the fine print on one of the charges, and the judge threw it out. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-joe-biden-pardon-hunter-answer-yes-pardoned-on-december-1-2024/994425)._