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Robert Hunter Biden (born February 4, 1970) is an American lawyer and businessman. The second son from the marriage of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Biden, he is the stepson of Second Lady of the U.S. Jill Biden. Born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, after attending law school Hunter Biden became a senior VP at MBNA, a financial company, in the mid-1990s. In 1998 he was appointed by President Bill Clinton〔 as a director〔 of e-commerce policy issues in the U.S. Department of Commerce,〔 and from 2001 to 2008 he was a partner at Oldaker, Biden, and Belair, LLP in Washington, D.C.〔 Nominated by President George W. Bush to the Amtrak board of directors in 2006,〔 Biden was unanimously confirmed〔 as the board's only Democrat shortly afterwards. He served as the Amtrak board's vice-chair until 2009.〔 Elected chairman of World Food Program USA in 2012,〔 by that time Biden was already traveling on behalf of the organization〔 and advocating their programs in the media.〔 In 2013 he joined the U.S. Navy Reserve,〔 as a limited-duty service ensign; he served for several months and was discharged after testing positive for cocaine.〔 Biden currently sits on the Chairman's Advisory Board for the National Democratic Institute, and he holds directorships on the boards of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, the Truman National Security Project, the Center for National Policy,〔 and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, an appointment which met with some controversy in the press.〔〔〔 Among other roles, Biden is also a partner at Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC and is counsel to Boies, Schiller, Flexner, LLP.〔 ==Early life and education== Robert Hunter Biden was born on February 4, 1970 in Wilmington, Delaware, to Neilia (née) Hunter and future U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.〔〔〔 Hunter Biden was two years old when his mother and younger sister Naomi were killed in an automobile accident, and both Biden and his older brother Beau were seriously injured.〔 In his eulogy at his brother’s funeral in 2015, Hunter described his first memory after the accident as lying next to his brother in the hospital bed and having his brother hold his hand.〔 Although their father had recently been elected to the US Senate,〔 after the accident the family remained in Wilmington instead of moving to Washington, D.C.〔 Throughout their childhoods, Hunter Biden and his brother accompanied their father on frequent trips to Washington, D.C., and on travel around the country and internationally. Hunter has described their experiences positively, explaining that "from the time we left the hospital, my dad spent every moment that he possibly could with us. No event was too small, no event was too great... we went to thousands of speeches, chicken dinners and debates. We rode on the train with him for thousands of miles. We went everywhere with him.”〔 〕 As Hunter and Beau grew older they encouraged their father to remarry. Hunter was seven years old when future educator Jill Jacobs became his stepmother. His half-sister Ashley was born in 1981.〔 Biden received a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.〔 After graduating from college he joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest,〔 where he met his wife Kathleen.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hunter Biden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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