New Hunter Biden laptop audio reveals more about relationship with his father

WASHINGTON (TND) — The relationship between President Joe Biden and his son Hunter is one that has largely been kept under wraps but newly released audio — reportedly from Hunter Biden himself — reveals a lifetime of support from his father.

“The person that has lived out life, that has given me this life, is the person I most admire in the world and I would never change it," Hunter is heard telling his friend Phillipa Horan in a recording from Dec. 3, 2018 in Newburyport, Mass.

"I am better than my dad because my dad [has told] me I’m better than him since I was two years old," he said.

The audio, obtained by Marco Polo Research Group and posted by The Washington Examiner, also includes him speaking about his struggles with an addiction to crack and his close ties with the man who is now the president.

“He’ll talk about anything that I want him to that he believes in. If I say this is important to me, then he will work a way in which to make it a part of his platform," he said. "My dad respects me more than he respects anyone in the world and I know that to be certain, so it’s not going to be about whether it affects his politics."

Hunter Biden is currently under investigation by the Department of Justice for financial dealings including his seat on the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, deals he made with top overseas businessmen, including those linked to the Chinese communist party.

Both the president and Hunter Biden have denied have continued to deny any wrongdoing. At this point, no charges have not been filed.

This comes as his ex-wife is now out with a new book in which she reveals that she was kept in the dark about the family finances.

In an interview with ABC's Good Morning America, host Amy Robach asked about it.

"It was in 2003 when Hunter returned from rehab the first time and he tells you something about a tax situation, what did he tell you?" Robach asked.

"That we owed money in taxes but that he had set up a payment plan and he wasn’t worried," said Kathleen Buhle, who was married to Hunter Biden for 24 years.

Her new memoir is called “If We Break: A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing."

“He was struggling under a massive drug addiction and that’s heartbreaking and painful," Buhle said. "That wasn’t who I was married to."

Those struggles have continued to make headlines. Both the president and his son are expected to face more questions about the holes in the stories that remain.