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Biden’s son, Trump’s in-laws: Mixing family and politics shakes public trust in US presidency

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As US President Joe Biden (right) on Dec 1 pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who faced as many as 25 years in prison over various offences.

US President Joe Biden (right) on Dec 1 pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who faced as many as 25 years in prison over various offences.

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 Where’s the place for the father – or father-in-law – at the White House table?

As US President Joe Biden makes way for Donald Trump’s second term,

the ongoing transition

has been

smooth

, but not free of the soap opera-like twists of a family drama.

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