THE PROVEN CASES
Offenses and clemency.
Hunter’s gun verdict and tax plea were real legal outcomes. The pardon was broad and reversed his father’s promise. It was not an acquittal.
The prosecutions and their outcomes ↗THE AI FILES / COLLECTION 021DELAWARE / WASHINGTON / THE FAMILY & THE RECORD
FAMILY. PUBLIC POWER. PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Biden
Family
Files.
A public career. A private business network. Real offenses, disputed allegations and claims that outran the evidence. Open a separate file for each major story.
16Separate case files
36Sourced articles
2026Dated research
ONE FAMILY / SEPARATE FILES
Follow the conduct.
Keep the people distinct.
THE BUSINESS RECORD
Access is part of the story.
Relatives and associates earned money while invoking the family name. Meetings, payments and conflicts deserve scrutiny. Each alleged official favor needs its own proof.
What the inquiry did—and did not—establish ↗THE CLAIMS THAT CHANGED
Corrections matter too.
The Smirnov bribery story was fabricated. Some laptop records were authenticated. Neither fact settles every other claim about the family.
The Burisma claims and the false informant ↗AI synthesis of the linked records, not an official finding or the site owner’s personal conclusions. Every case file includes sources, responses and limits.
THE RECORD CONTINUES / DATED UPDATES
Beyond the 2024 headlines.
22 SEP 2026 / APPELLATE RULING
Smirnov’s appeal.
The Ninth Circuit dismissed part and affirmed part. The ruling did not overturn his criminal judgments.
JUL 2026 / DISCLOSURE LITIGATIONA different set of tapes.
The ghostwriter-recordings dispute is separate from the Hur interview audio released in 2025.
SEP 2026 / PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATEWhat was disclosed.
The guide distinguishes reported treatment updates from a diagnosis based on clips or a claim of a proven years-long concealment.
Research checked through October 21, 2026. An older report is identified as older; a motion, accusation or incomplete docket snapshot is not presented as a final outcome.
THE FILE CABINET
Open the archive.
Follow the evidence.
Follow the story in order, or open the question you came for. Each chapter has its own chronology, evidence and source notes.
16 FILES / EACH WITH ITS OWN PAGE
CHAPTER 011942–2025
The family and the public career
Who is involved, how they became prominent, and which biography claims need correction.
3 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 021975–2025
Jill Biden: the public record
An earned education doctorate, a teaching career, and a recurring false age story.
2 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 032014–2026
Burisma: the job, the prosecutor and the informant
Hunter’s lucrative Ukrainian board position, the international campaign against Shokin and the collapse of a specific $10 million bribery allegation.
3 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 042013–2025
China: separate the companies, dates and transactions
Investment management, an unconsummated venture, later paid work and a genuine Chinese-linked bribery prosecution need different evidence.
3 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
LOAN / REPAYMENT / INFERENCEDOCUMENT THE PAYMENT. THEN TEST ITS PURPOSE.
CHAPTER 052017–2025
James Biden: Americore and the repayment checks
A bankruptcy recovery, a separate Medicare fraud prosecution and two checks to Joe Biden are connected but legally distinct records.
2 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 062014–2026
What did the influence investigation actually establish?
The dinners and phone calls, the $27 million headline, Romanian work and competing congressional conclusions.
2 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 072021–2026
The art, the buyers and the loans
High prices, advertised safeguards, political connections and the limits of the proof.
2 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 082018–2024
Hunter’s criminal cases
The gun and tax prosecutions were real. Their outcomes establish specific misconduct without proving every wider corruption allegation.
3 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 09June 2024–January 2025
The pardon for Hunter
Joe Biden broke his public no-pardon promise and issued unusually broad clemency for his son. The legal effect differs from either exoneration or proof of additional crimes.
2 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 10January 2025–October 2026
Pardons for five relatives
Five relatives received a separate preemptive pardon, announced as Biden left office. Later political challenges must be distinguished from legal invalidation.
2 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 112023–2026
Investigators and professional consequences
IRS agents raised substantial allegations about case handling. Separate lawsuits and bar discipline answer different questions and should not be collapsed into a single vindication narrative.
2 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 122019–2026
The laptop, the letter and the platforms
Substantial Hunter Biden data is genuine. Which copy and which claim still matter; moderation errors and privacy litigation answer different questions.
3 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 132022–2026
Classified records and the Hur investigation
Hur identified damaging evidence but concluded the prosecution could not establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt. His memory discussion was one factor, not the whole decision.
2 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
CHAPTER 142024–2026
Age, health and the family's influence
The 2024 campaign crisis and 2025 cancer disclosure raise legitimate questions. They do not make every concealment claim established fact.
2 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
THE CLAIM / THE RECORDOWNERSHIP, ALLEGATIONS AND LEGAL FINDINGS
CHAPTER 151993–2026
Personal allegations and stolen private material
Ashley Biden's diary theft produced criminal pleas. Tara Reade's accusation remains denied and unadjudicated. Neither should be converted into a sensational certainty.
2 SOURCED ARTICLESOPEN FILE ↗
PATERNITY / SUPPORTADULT OBLIGATIONS / COURT RECORDS
CHAPTER 162019–2026
Paternity and child support
The adult obligations, the settlements and the renewed 2026 dispute.
1 SOURCED ARTICLEOPEN FILE ↗
No matching case.
THE FAMILY / THE BACKGROUND
A public life.
Different private choices.
Start with the people.
Joe Biden served in the Senate, as vice president and as president. Jill built a career in education. Beau served as Delaware attorney general and in the Army National Guard. Hunter’s business and legal history became a separate, consequential part of the public record.
James’s ventures, the other siblings’ roles and the family pardons deserve their own files. This collection does not assign responsibility by surname.
Read the family biography ↗Then ask the precise question.
Who received the payment? Was Joe in office at the time? Is the document a proposal or a completed agreement? Did a witness describe a meeting, a request for access, or an actual official favor?
Those distinctions do not excuse misconduct. They let the evidence establish what happened without silently adding facts it cannot prove.
See the business-deal distinctions ↗
THE OUTCOME LEDGER
What is established?
These summaries do not replace the evidence. Open a case for the sources, responses and limits.
The family and the public career ↗
Documented history; individual responsibilityThe family’s public service, losses and controversies are real history. A finding about one person does not establish misconduct by every relative.
Jill Biden: the public record ↗
Earned doctorate; teenage story unsupportedJill Biden holds an earned Ed.D., not a medical degree. The evidence does not support the claim that she was Joe Biden’s teenage babysitter.
Burisma: the job, the prosecutor and the informant ↗
Documented work; disputed motives; fabricated claimHunter’s board position created a serious appearance problem. The public record does not establish that Joe fired Shokin to protect his son, and the Smirnov bribery account was discredited.
China: separate the companies, dates and transactions ↗
Documented transactions; contested involvementHunter had substantial Chinese business relationships. Fund assets, proposed equity and payments to relatives cannot simply be relabeled money paid to Joe Biden.
James Biden: Americore and the repayment checks ↗
Civil settlement; documented checks; disputed inferenceJames’s dealings merit scrutiny. The checks were accompanied by evidence of earlier loans; a fraud committed through an associated hospital is not automatically his crime.
What did the influence investigation actually establish? ↗
Documented access; contested conclusionsFamily-name monetization is a supported criticism. A report or referral is not a conviction, and the public record reviewed here does not establish a paid official act by Joe.
The art, the buyers and the loans ↗
Documented transactions; bribery not establishedThe sales and financial support raise legitimate transparency questions. They are not, by themselves, proof that Joe Biden sold an official act.
Hunter’s criminal cases ↗
Verdict and plea; later pardonedThree firearm counts were decided by a jury; nine tax counts ended in an accepted guilty plea. Neither proceeding tried Joe Biden for bribery.
The pardon for Hunter ↗
Full federal pardonThe December 1 warrant covers federal conduct from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024, including uncharged conduct. It does not erase the historical verdict and plea.
Pardons for five relatives ↗
Clemency issued; authorization challenged politicallyThe public record establishes five named recipients and a nonviolent-federal-offense scope. No verified court ruling identified here has voided these pardons.
Investigators and professional consequences ↗
Mixed proceedings; discipline imposedThe record contains whistleblower allegations and institutional responses, voluntary dismissal of a tax-privacy suit, and two disbarments. None is a verdict on every family allegation.
The laptop, the letter and the platforms ↗
Authentic evidence; broader claims require separate proofTreating the entire story as a proven Russian fabrication was unsupported. Treating every internet file and corruption claim as court-certified is also unsupported.
Classified records and the Hur investigation ↗
No charges recommended; disclosure disputes followedNeither 'nothing happened' nor 'he was too senile to prosecute' accurately describes the charging analysis.
Age, health and the family's influence ↗
Documented campaign crisis; disputed knowledge and disclosureThe debate and family encouragement are documented. A precise undisclosed diagnosis, its onset and who knew it require additional evidence.
Personal allegations and stolen private material ↗
Theft established; other allegations require separate assessmentAuthenticate the specific evidence and identify what a court actually decided. Private writings and allegations are not interchangeable with findings of abuse.
Paternity and child support ↗
Paternity established; later allegations need rulingsHunter’s initial denial was contradicted by DNA evidence. Later support obligations and alleged breaches belong to the family-court record, not speculation about the child.
HOW TO READ THIS COLLECTION
Follow the evidence.
Keep the distinctions.
Ask what the record proves.
Bank records establish transactions. An email can record a proposal, boast or request. Testimony establishes what a witness said. A committee report’s conclusion is not a court judgment. Look for the link between payment, knowledge and a particular official act.
Read interested sources as interested sources.
Both congressional majority and minority material are linked alongside original transcripts, court decisions and independent reporting. A participant’s denial is part of the record, not automatic exoneration. A questioner’s premise is not a witness’s admission.
Privacy does not prevent scrutiny.
This guide discusses public conduct and adult legal obligations. It does not publish intimate images, diary dumps, private addresses or profiles of minor children. Ownership of a stolen item does not authenticate every online reproduction or inference.
AI output, with visible limits.
Checked through October 21, 2026. AI wrote and fact-checked this collection and can err in either direction. These findings are not the owner’s personal findings, beliefs or endorsements. The site is a dated static edition, not an automatic news feed.
Photographs, original document pages & image credits
- Joe Biden embraces Jill and Hunter Biden at the presidential inauguration, January 20, 2021.
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II / DOD · CC BY 2.0 · Original & rights ↗
Resized and converted for local delivery; source edits retained. Display crops may vary. · CC BY 2.0
- Hunter Biden at a Washington luncheon with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, September 30, 2014.
Prime Minister’s Office / Press Information Bureau, Government of India · Government Open Data License – India · Original & rights ↗
Resized and converted for local delivery; source edits retained. Display crops may vary. · Government Open Data License – India
- Joe Biden’s official presidential portrait, photographed March 3, 2021; not evidence of his later health.
Adam Schultz / White House · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Resized and converted for local delivery; source edits retained. Display crops may vary. · Public domain — US federal work
- Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden speaks at a Justice Department press conference, May 21, 2013.
Lonnie Tague / US Department of Justice · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Resized and converted for local delivery; source edits retained. Display crops may vary. · Public domain — US federal work
- Hunter and Joe Biden meet Jonathan Li during the December 2013 China trip. The released photograph establishes a meeting, not an exchange of official favors.
David Lienemann / White House; National Archives release · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Resized and converted for local delivery; source edits retained. Display crops may vary. · Public domain — US federal work
- Memorial Hall at the University of Delaware, photographed September 28, 2010; an illustrative campus view.
Ottawa80 · Public domain — released by author · Original & rights ↗
Resized and converted for local delivery; source edits retained. Display crops may vary. · Public domain — released by author
- The former Mac Shop location in Wilmington, photographed in July 2023 after another business occupied it; not a photograph from the 2019 handover.
Jonathan Schilling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original & rights ↗
Resized and converted for local delivery; source edits retained. Display crops may vary. · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gas-industry infrastructure pictured in a Burisma-related photograph dated July 4, 2015; not evidence of a particular payment or act.
Bella Bellini · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original & rights ↗
Resized and converted for local delivery; source edits retained. Display crops may vary. · CC BY-SA 4.0
- The US Capitol’s west front, photographed in 1997; an architectural view rather than a photograph of the Biden inquiry.
Architect of the Capitol; derivative edit by O.J. · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Resized and converted for local delivery; source edits retained. Display crops may vary. · Public domain — US federal work
- Joe and Jill Biden with family watching inauguration fireworks from the White House, January 20, 2021.
Adam Schultz / White House · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Resized and converted for local delivery; source edits retained. Display crops may vary. · Public domain — US federal work
- Jill Biden’s official portrait by Erin Scott, photographed September 27, 2023.
Erin Scott / White House · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Resized for local delivery; display crop may vary. · Public domain — US federal work
- Hunter Biden’s December 1, 2024 clemency warrant. Reproducing the document does not decide whether its policy justification was sound.
US Department of Justice · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Complete source page rendered to JPEG; no text or marks altered. · Public domain — US federal work
- The five relatives’ clemency warrant, dated January 19, 2025. This reproduction is not an independent authentication of the signature process.
US Department of Justice · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Complete source page rendered to JPEG; no text or marks altered. · Public domain — US federal work
- Title page of Robert Hur’s February 2024 report, PDF page 3.
US Department of Justice · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Complete source page rendered to JPEG; no text or marks altered. · Public domain — US federal work
- Title page of David Weiss’s January 2025 report, PDF page 5.
US Department of Justice · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Complete source page rendered to JPEG; no text or marks altered. · Public domain — US federal work
- Opening page of the Ninth Circuit’s September 22, 2026 Smirnov decision. “Not for publication” limits its precedential status; the decision is public.
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Complete source page rendered to JPEG; no text or marks altered. · Public domain — US federal work
- Opening page of Georges Bergès’s January 9, 2024 transcribed interview with House committees.
US House of Representatives · Public domain — US federal work · Original & rights ↗
Complete source page rendered to JPEG; no text or marks altered. · Public domain — US federal work
Photographs are documentary; later views are labeled. Document images reproduce complete source pages. Typographic case graphics are navigation aids, not photographs or evidence.