Washington, Jul 28 (EFE).- The little Navy Joan Roberts, 4 years old, is the seventh and so far the least known granddaughter of the president of the United States, Joe Biden, who for the first time this Friday broke his silence about her, in the face of criticism from Republicans who reproach him for not daring to recognize it.
The girl is the daughter of Hunter Bidenthe president’s most controversial scion, and Lunden Roberts, an Arkansas woman he met while battling his drug addiction.
So far, neither the president nor Hunter Biden have spoken publicly about Navy, despite the fact that the president is known for being very close to his other six grandchildren and has even gone so far as to affirm to the press that he goes “crazy” for them.
Speaking to People magazine this Friday, Joe Biden noted that his son and Lunden “are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interest of their daughter, while preserving her privacy.”
Alluding to the criticism from Republicans, the president indicated that “this is not a political matter, it is a family matter.”
“Jill (Biden) and I only want the best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy,” he said.
These statements have come to pass two days after one of the favorite candidates to win the Republican nomination for the Presidency of the country, the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, assured that Biden “is not talking about visiting his granddaughter in Arkansas or even admit that it exists.
Media close to the Republicans have come to label the Democrat as a “hypocrite” for allegedly trying to erase Navy from the family genealogical tree, and even the most progressive press has come to regret that the president does not talk about his seventh granddaughter.
The fact is that Lunden and Hunter have faced each other in court over the paternity of the girl: In 2019, the Justice established, despite the fact that Hunter denied it, that the girl was his, which was corroborated by a DNA test.
In January 2020, Hunter Biden agreed to pay child support to her mother retroactively to November 2018, but the case was not settled until June, as Lunden accused his ex-partner of contempt of court orders and was not until last month that they reached an agreement for him to pay a certain amount whose figure has not been made public.
Hunter Biden has four other children – Naomi, 29; Finnegan, 23; and Maisy, 22, the fruit of his marriage to his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle, and another son, Beau Jr, three, with his current partner, Melissa Cohen.
The president has two other grandchildren, Natalie, 18, and Robert “Hunter” Biden II, 17, by his late son Beau and his partner, Hallie.
The president has such a close relationship with his grandchildren that even one of them, Naomi, was married at the White House in November 2022.
According to The New York Times, the Navy knows that her father is Hunter Biden and that her paternal grandfather is the president of the United States. She often talks about them, although at least as of July 1, they had not yet been mentioned. known and it is unknown if he was able to meet them later.
The most precious asset that he has from his father, who has developed a parallel career as a painter, are some of his paintings, by virtue of the judicial agreement reached last month by his parents.
Be that as it may and regardless of how her parents get along, the truth is that after today’s statement from her grandfather Navy will be openly considered as the seventh granddaughter of Joe Biden. EFE
