Joe Biden's decision on whether to pardon his son will come 'after the election'

Former US Federal Prosecutor Scott Tenley says that Joe Biden’s decision on whether to pardon his son following his guilty verdict will come “after the election”. The US President's son Hunter Biden has been found guilty of all three counts of illegally possessing a gun whilst under the influence of drugs. The President has previously stated that he will not intervene in his son’s punishment whatever that may be. “The time when we’ll actually know whether President Biden is going to pardon his son or not is after the election,” Mr Tenley told Sky News Australia. “At that point, if he’s lost the election – he has nothing to lose by pardoning him. “If he’s won the election – he can’t run and serve another term after that so there wouldn’t be as much political fallout. “Quite frankly if it's not a jail sentence, he might say it’s not worth pardoning him.”