Hunter Biden told Joe 'I sure would love having you back' prior to his exit from 2024 race: Book excerpt

Former President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden communicated the former president that he would love to have him back according to an excerpt from a new book as the former president weighed his political future after his June debate Hunter called in from Los Angeles and made clear that he supported whatever decision his father made But he stated him I sure would love having you back What Hunter meant was that being president took up all his father s time He often explained people that he had more of an interest in his father abandoning his campaign than anyone the book excerpt published by The Wall Street Journal read Biden exited the race after a disastrous debate performance in June According to the excerpt Hunter Biden watched the debate from his home in Los Angeles and reacted to his father's stumbles with What the f--- DOJ RELEASES SPECIAL COUNSEL DAVID WEISS' RECORD ON HUNTER BIDEN He had never seen his father so out of it and worried about his well-being A limited days later when Hunter arrived at Camp David for a visit he explained his father I love you and Get particular sleep ' the WSJ excerpt read The new book How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America written by Jason Dawsey Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf is set to be distributed on July The Wall Street Journal's excerpt also detailed a call the president had with his aides after the Supreme Court issued a ruling on July that located presidents have substantial immunity for official acts but not for unofficial acts CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe former president assumed the ruling was substantial and demanded to respond Former chief of staff Jeff Zients convened Biden's aides on a call to discuss how the former president would respond according to the excerpt Suddenly an unidentified voice piped up from Biden s screen and recommended an Oval Office address At first certain aides had no idea who was speaking It soon became clear the voice belonged to Hunter Biden who the White House staff had not known was on the call the WSJ's excerpt read White House Counsel Ed Siskel had concerns about Biden speaking from the Oval Office but Hunter Biden jumped in and argued his father had every right to use the room's powerful imagery to issue his response Siskel communicated colleagues Hunter s presence was inappropriate the excerpt continued CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP