Guess Who Can’t Pay His Legal Bills…

Who could have guessed that Hunter Biden’s gravy train would evaporate once his father left office?

Not me. He was such an important modern artist that buyers were knocking down his door to lay down tens of thousands of dollars for one of his much-coveted paintings. You would think that, given his substantial income stream, he would have no trouble paying his lawyers and having enough left over to live a nice life. 

Hunter Biden is now being sued for unpaid legal fees by Winston & Strawn. https://t.co/FCb4qAnZB3 With his father out of power and influence peddling no longer an option, bills are coming due for Hunter …

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 27, 2025

Apparently, I miscalculated. As did his lawyers. 

The law firm that represented Hunter Biden in federal investigations filed a lawsuit against him on Monday, saying that former president Joe Biden’s son owes its attorneys “substantially in excess of $50,000 in fees and interest.”

“This is breach of contract action against Mr. Biden for unpaid legal fees,” Winston & Strawn LLP wrote in its complaint, the New York Post reported. “Despite repeated requests for payment, Mr. Biden has failed to pay the amounts he owes.”

Shocking, I know. As the smartest man that Joe Biden knows, you would think that Hunter could figure out how to pay cash for services rendered, but you would be wrong. 

We should have seen it coming. Hunter has a history of not paying his bills. He even tried to skip out on child support, as you recall, and he walked away from the rent he owed back when his father was president. 

…Hunter has been dropping lawsuits used to target his critics for years. https://t.co/aS7SGCKD9P Something tells me that Winston & Stawn is not interested in receiving a Hunter Biden original. https://t.co/kMdjqXVa0H

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 27, 2025

In the meantime, Hunter is facing a bizarre claim from one of his debt holders that, in return for allegedly walking out on over a year of rent, Hunter sent him art made with his own feces to sell. Shaun Maguire claims that Hunter rented his $4.25 million home in California in 2019. When Hunter’s lawyers denied the story, he posted pictures on social media.

Without getting into the merits of this claim, the question is whether Hunter will sue for defamation. I was previously threatened with a defamation lawsuit for discussing the scandal involving Morris. I continued to write about the allegations (and the threat of a lawsuit) but was never sued. It was an example of the scorched Earth approach of the Hunter team. This is such a bizarre story that it is hard to imagine that it could be true. Conversely, Maguire must have known of the litigious reputation of the Biden team when he decided to go public with this claim.

If this story is untrue, it could constitute defamation per se as a statement that impugns his professional and business reputation. A simple testing of the art would tend to establish the truth of the matter. However, there is no indication of any demand for a retraction or notice to sue. Hunter generally has two years for such a lawsuit, but California has a shorter one-year period.

In the meantime, Hunter has pledged to continue to do his art after his father granted him a sweeping pardon for any crimes committed in the last ten years. Given his past excessive spending on a lavish lifestyle, the art alone does not appear to be a viable source of income. However, Morris has helped create a new movie based on his life. Hunter reportedly celebrated the pardon by watching an early showing of the film.

I loved the penultimate line of Turley’s essay: “In the end, Hunter’s work may be the ultimate Pop art, work that only holds value so long as Pop is in power.” Hit the nail on the head. 

The Biden era is a sorry story about the fall of the Democratic Party, the Pravda Media, and shows how Trump Derangement Syndrome distorts American politics. 

The Biden family has been corrupt for decades, and the 2021-2025 Biden regency was one of the few low points in American history. Democrats embraced some of the worst grifters in national politics, compared Joe to George Washington, and sold the country to keep their graft. 

The bill is coming due, and it turns out, with no influence to sell, they can’t pay it.