Hunter Biden was partying it up at the White House over the past few days, posing for selfies with guests and giving his phone number to rapper Flavor Flav.
Hunter joined parents President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for their last holiday season at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The first family will spend Christmas together there before turning over the keys to Donald and Melania Trump in January.
In the runup to the actual holiday, the White House is teaming with cocktail parties for staff, supporters, lawmakers and journalists.
A sprinkling of big Democratic names have been on hand to toast the season, including Govs. Tim Walz and Gretchen Whitmer.
But it’s Hunter Biden’s presence that has caused a social media sensation with guests posting pics of him all over the internet.
And the pairing of him and Flavor Flav made a viral sensation.
The rapper, who has multiple misdemeanors on his record, attended Monday night’s party for social media creators.
He looked festive in a white suit, red bow tie, red pocket square, and red baseball cap. He posed with the president. He hugged the first lady.
It was not his first encounter with a Biden.
He bonded with Jill Biden at the Summer Olympics in Paris. The rapper sponsors the women’s water polo team and the first lady was there to cheer them on.
At the White House, Flav wore a large gold medallion in the shape of an Olympic medal that read ‘Paris 2024’ and had the Olympic symbol.
Jill Biden was on hand to greet Flav when he arrived at the White House earlier in the day, where he got a private tour.
‘Can I tell you something, you got the best house in the world,’ he told the first lady, according to video posted online.
‘Well thank you,’ she replied.
The hip hop legend also got to meet President Biden.
The president, who made remarks to the guests, got tripped up when he saw Flav saying: ‘Sorry, he distracted me.’
Jill Biden walked off the stage to give Flav a hug. ‘You look great,’ she told him.
She also offered to introduce him to the president. The musician posted several videos of his time in the White House on his Tiktok channel.
And Flav posed for photos with Hunter, pointing a finger at him as they grinned for the camera.
Hunter also attended a Hanukkah reception at the White House over the weekend, posing with guests who posted the selfies online.
He’s been staying close to his parents, joining them in Wilmington on Tuesday for a Mass marking the 52nd anniversary of the death of Neilia Hunter Biden, the first wife of the president and Hunter’s mother.
Neilia and the president’s first daughter, 13-month-old Naomi, were killed in a car crash.
Hunter’s wife Melissa and their son Beau joined him.
Meanwhile, President Biden has been dealing with the fallout of pardoning Hunter, who was convicted on federal charges related to a handgun purchase and his taxes.
Many Democrats are furious he did so after publicly saying he would not – a promise he repeated multiple times before issue the pardon.
Even some of his former staff have gone public with their criticism.
Anita Dunn, whose counsel was so valuable to Biden that she advised during two stints, delivered the tough dose of criticism.
‘I absolutely agree with the president’s decision here. I do not agree with the way it was done,’ Dunn said of the pardon at a New York Times / DealBook event. ‘I don’t agree with the timing, and I don’t agree frankly with the attack on our judicial system.’
‘Had this pardon been done at the end of the term in the context of compassion the way many pardons will be done, I’m sure – and many commutations will be done – I think it would have been a different story,’ she said.
Biden claimed that his son faced political persecution, arguing he wouldn’t have been prosecuted if his last name wasn’t Biden.
‘No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son — and that is wrong,’ he said at the time of the pardon.
It effectively echoed Donald Trump’s attacks on the judicial system.
The president later announced 39 pardons and 1,500 commutations – all of whom were identified as on-violent offenders who were sent to home-confinement during the pandemic, although some were convicted of offenses ranging from possession with intent to distribute drugs to Medicare fraud.
But many see the pardon of Hunter as a lasting stain on Joe Biden’s legacy as president.