Hunter Biden Says Kamala Harris Is Getting 'Bad Political Advice' But Refuses to Explain Loyalty Criticism in Detail

Hunter Biden made a curious assessment of Kamala Harris, his father's former vice president, saying he doesn't believe she's a "very good politician."

However, he refused to elaborate.

The comments were made during a contentious interview with Zeteo founder and MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan and aired on August 30.

During their conversation, posted to the Zeteo Substack, Biden took full advantage of his status as a private citizen to tease criticism of the former vice president and losing 2024 Democratic nominee.

"Here's what I'd also like to say about the vice president," he said. "I think that the vice president served the country incredibly well and that she has a deep, rich future in politics. Whether she wants to run for president again, she'll be one of the, if not, the, frontrunner."

But Hasan pressed Biden to elaborate on why he didn't think she was a "very good politician."

"That's between me and her," Biden responded cryptically.

Biden seemed to imply that Harris should have broken from his father, former president Joe Biden, on Israel's actions in Gaza. Kamala faced harsh pushback from the left about the Biden administration's support for Israel, but Kamala seemed unwilling to break from Joe on the issue. Critics have argued that the issue hampered her significantly in the general election.

"I think that there might be daylight as issues related to Gaza and as it relates to Israel that of course, she needs to be able to stake her own ground on that," he said.

When asked if Kamala was pressured to parrot the administration's policy positions about Israel, Hunter said no.

"Nothing to do with loyalty to my dad, from my perspective," he said.

"But here's the thing, is this, is that, you know what? She's a free agent now. I'm Hunter Biden. I get to think whatever the h-- that I want to think about anybody," he added.

Hunter remained coy about his assessment of Kamala, saying that while he would "love" for her to be the 2028 presidential nominee, he believes sh'e getting "bad political advice."

"I would love for her to be president of the United States. I think she would make a great president of the United States. I just think that, right now, she's getting bad political advice. That's it," he said.

Though he didn't clarify what he saw as the poor advice Kamala was receiving, he did express frustration that the former vice president seemed to be breaking from his dad in recent public appearances.

"I think that she was loyal to my father, and I don't think she was loyal to a fault," he said. "However, there are certain things she was not loyal on. I think right now her recent appearances that I've seen and what she's trying to distance herself from my dad, the things that she wrote in her book, that we're not loyal in any way. And, so, there is not like this 100%."

Kamala is currently in a crowded field of potential 2028 nominees. While no Democrat is yet to declare their candidacy for 2028, politicians including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Jon Ossoff, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Mark Kelly are thought to have presidential ambitions.

Kamala currently leads the field, per RaceToTheWH's assessment of recent polls, though prediction markets are less bullish. Polymarket currently sees AOC as the favorite to secure the nomination, while Kalshi gives a very slight edge to Georgia's senator.