Hunter Biden Plea Deal Sparks Awkward Silence From Democrats

President Joe Biden's 2024 challengers outside the GOP are keeping their heads out of the latest scandal surrounding his son.

Hunter Biden's plea deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ) has sparked political outrage from Republicans of the Biden administration, with critics comparing the deal to the 37-count federal criminal indictment filed against former President Donald Trump this month. But while 2024 presidential candidates in the crowded GOP field have been quick to weigh in on the development, others running for Biden's job have stayed mum.

So far, only two Democrats and a third-party candidate have announced their White House bids against the president: anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., self-help author Marianne Williamson and progressive professor Cornel West, who is running as a member of the People's Party.