The son of the ex-US president has acknowledged he had been “naive” about the level of kleptocracy in the country.
Ukraine is a “viper’s den” rife with corruption, Hunter Biden, the son of former US President Joe Biden, has said, as he reflected on his time as a board member of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
Hunter Biden was hired by Burisma in 2014, when his father served as vice president in the Obama administration, and left the post in 2019. He reportedly earned around $1 million annually, with critics pointing out that he lacked any experience in the energy sector and was effectively “cashing in” on his father’s prominent position.
In an interview on the Shawn Ryan Show aired on Monday, Hunter Biden expressed regret about his involvement in Ukraine’s affairs. “It was a mistake because I was very, very naive about what a viper’s den Ukraine is.”
“What an absolute… level of corruption that [is] still staggering because they’re part of a kleptocracy,” he added.
He went on to explain that he believed his tenure in Burisma to be a blunder, “not because of anything that I did that I am embarrassed about or in any way whatsoever feel conflicted about as it relates to what I did for Burisma. But because of the political position that it put us all in.”
The Biden family has long been entangled in controversy over Burisma, with the New York Times reporting last August that Hunter Biden sought assistance for the company from the US ambassador to Italy in 2016. Hunter’s legal team described the outreach as a “proper request,” and stressed that it did not lead to any projects.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden has publicly acknowledged that he was responsible for the dismissal of Ukrainian Prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who was investigating the company, by threatening to withhold $1 billion in loan guarantees to Kiev unless the official was fired.
Ukraine has long been reeling under endemic corruption, with the problem only exacerbating after the escalation of Kiev’s conflict with Moscow in 2022.
A poll by Info Sapiens this spring suggested that almost 80% of Ukrainians consider the graft a very serious issue, while the EU has designated corruption as one of the key obstacles impeding Kiev’s membership in the bloc.
My interview with Hunter Biden is out now. Before casting judgment, I encourage everyone to watch the full episode. I’ve said it before—I’m open to hearing from all sides. I don’t agree with everything Hunter says, and he doesn’t agree with everything I say either, but that’s not… pic.twitter.com/nsMS87hUu7
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyan762) December 23, 2025
This is the pot calling the kettle black. What a corrupt hypocrite!!
Give me a f**ken break.
Meanwhile the EU has just authorised a loan to Ukraine worth 90 billion euros. No chance of that money ever being audited let alone repaid. Luxon and Co. should be ashamed, wasting taxpayers’ money propping up the luxurious lifestyle of Ukrainian elites. One observer noted the vast majority of super luxury cars being driven around Monaco these days have Ukrainian licence plates.
WHAAAAT? You mean Hunter’s not in PRISON????
Where’s Kash, Blondi and INTERPOL???
Oh, that’s right…they’re on the take as well!
Kurtz- “Where are you from Biden..?”
Hunter- “I’m from Delaware sir.”
Kurtz- ‘Are you a drug-addicted paedophile assassin?”
Hunter-“I’m a grifter sir, sent on a mission by the Zionist elements in both governments.”
Kurtz- “You’re neither…you’re a drug-addicted errand boy sent to collect on a bill!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpX_WeJalbc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj93wjEzW5w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WldnMivlQfA