Hunter Biden’s recent appearance on the “Wide Awake Podcast” is drawing scrutiny after he questioned the motive behind the fatal shooting of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk and made remarks about New York Post reporter Miranda Devine.

The interview, recorded last week, began circulating widely after clips appeared on social media.

During the discussion, host Joshua Rubin noted he had “never really seen a figure like Charlie Kirk be assassinated pretty much purely because of their beliefs.”

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Biden disagreed with that characterization. “He wasn’t necessarily shot for his beliefs,” he said.

“He was shot because he was one of the loudest people speaking out there … I don’t know whether Charlie Kirk was shot because of what he believed.”

Biden went on to question details surrounding the alleged shooter, Tyler Robinson. He raised doubts about Robinson’s ability “to shoot a kill shot from over 200 yards” and claimed Robinson “somehow disassemble(d) the rifle before he got off the roof.”

Biden continued, “And then amazingly, after being able to do that, (Robinson) was so dumb that he wrote a full confession over text message to his supposed trans roommate that may have been his boyfriend, exonerating his father and blah blah blah blah blah. Come on, man. Come on. And so I don’t know why Charlie Kirk was shot.”

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He added, “It didn’t matter whether you shot Charlie Kirk, or whether you shot Charlie Kirk’s equivalent on the left.”

Federal officials investigating the shooting have identified ideological motive.

FBI Director Kash Patel stated earlier that Robinson was motivated “because of his hatred for what Charlie stood for.”

“I don’t know why Charlie Kirk was shot, but I do know this. It’s only served one group of people, Charlie Kirk’s death. MAGA,” he said.

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“They have taken this. They have wrapped themselves in it. They have righteous indignation.”

During the same interview, Biden criticized Devine, who reported extensively on the contents of his laptop.

“There’s no ethics in what someone as horrendously ugly as Miranda Devine—physically and in terms of her ethics—does,” he said. He later added, “They’re whores. They’re whores for money, and she does it because she makes money.”

Biden continued, “And when she goes to sleep at night, I’m sure she sleeps just fine, but I don’t know anybody that is going to be mourning her when she’s gone. An ugly person.”

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Biden also suggested political violence in the United States is driven more by the right, despite multiple documented incidents of violence across the political spectrum.

His comments on both Kirk and Devine drew widespread reaction online due to the nature and tone of his statements as the clips circulated over the weekend.

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