Could Hunter Biden be the downfall of his father?

The appointment of a special counsel to look further into Hunter Biden's business dealings guarantees that while the Republicans have to worry about all the legal challenges faced by their expected nominee candidate for the 2024 election, Donald Trump, the Democrats will now have serious worries over whether President Biden is going to be brought down by his son. The Republicans will make much of the investigation into Hunter Biden's affairs. He has already had one setback in his attempt to rid himself of charges against him. A prosecution deal in which he would have pleaded guilty to relatively minor offences, two cases of non-payment of tax in 2017 and 2018 when he earned a sizeable sum, and possessing a firearm when using and being addicted to drugs which is a felony, fell apart. The judge in the case didn't like the sound of the plea bargain arrangement and threw it out. Back to square one. Now with a special counsel given additional powers to delve further into his businesses, notably in Ukraine and China, the Republicans will enjoy trying to associate Hunter's good and bad fortunes to his father. Did the son exploit his father's status to win contracts and did the president benefit in any way himself? This is all gutter politics but in an election year you can bet the Hunter Biden story is going to run and run.