The Daily Mail reports, citing documents obtained by Sen. Chuck Grassley, that James Biden, brother of US President Joe Biden and the president's son, Hunter Biden, received monthly retainers totalling $165,000 — $100,000 to Hunter and $65,000 to James from the Chinese-linked consulting group throughout 2018, totalling $780,000 for James and $1.7 million for Hunter.
According to the report, James Biden was linked to president’s son Hunter's Biden shady businesses after it emerged that both of them were paid retainers by a Chinese firm.
In March, the Washington Post reported that Hunter Biden and James Biden were paid approximately $4.8 million over the course of 14 months by Chinese Communist Party-linked businesses with which they were involved.
In turn, White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield said that the White House stands by US President Joe Biden’s comments as a candidate during a debate in 2020 in which he denied any corrupt business deals or profiting by his son Hunter Biden with China or Ukraine.
In October 2020, the New York Post published a series of materials based on correspondence allegedly found on Hunter Biden's laptop, which was found in a Delaware repair shop. The owner of the workshop made a copy of his hard drive, which was given to Rudy Giuliani, a former mayor of New York and personal lawyer of then US President Donald Trump. The laptop was reportedly later seized by the FBI.