Joe Biden says Hunter Biden's television interview wasn't coordinated with campaign

Hunter Biden's decision to sit for an interview to address his foreign business activities was made independently of the presidential campaign of his father, former Vice President Joe Biden, a 2020 Democrat presidential candidate said.

“I did not coordinate any of this with my son. I didn’t even know he was having these long discussions for some time with ABC. I guess it’s ABC. Was it ABC? Yes. With ABC," Biden told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio.

Others individuals familiar with the decision who spoke with the Washington Examiner on background say Hunter Biden is likely under increasing pressure from his attorneys to respond to attacks by Trump and supporters.

Yet the timing of the interview — aired the morning of the fourth round of Democratic presidential debates and while the former vice president is losing his lead over the rest of the pack to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren — has some backers questioning the wisdom of Hunter Biden sitting down with ABC.