Hunter and Biden family’s tribute to Joe: ‘Unconditional love has been his North Star as president and as parent’

Hunter Biden penned an emotional tribute to his father on Sunday, saying that “unconditional love” has served as Joe Biden’s “North Star” during his time as president, following the stunning announcement on Sunday that he has put an end to his re-election campaign.

“He is unique in public life today, in that there is no distance between Joe Biden the man and Joe Biden the public servant of the last 54 years,” he wrote as tributes began to pour in for the president.

First lady Jill Biden and the president’s granddaughter Naomi were among the other Biden family members who spoke out in support of the president’s momentous decision, which comes after plummeting poll numbers and weeks of mounting pressure from prominent Democratic lawmakers and donors.

In a statement posted to X, Biden said it had been “the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president,” but that stepping down was in “the best interest of my party and the country.”

Hunter Biden — who received the president’s unwavering support throughout his recent criminal trial, where he was found guilty of three felony gun charges — praised the empathy his father has shown towards “countless everday Americans.”

“For my entire life, I’ve looked at my dad in awe. How could he suffer so much heartache and yet give so much of whatever remained of his heart to others?” Hunter said in a statement.

“Not only in the policies he passed, but in the individual lives he’s touched. Over a life time I have witnessed him absorb the pain of countless everyday Americans who he’s given his personal phone number to, because he wanted them to call him when they were hurting. When their last hopes were slipping through their hands.”

“I’m so lucky every night I get to tell him I love