Biden Questioned on Son’s Foreign Dealings at CNN Debate: ‘My Son Did Nothing Wrong, I Did Nothing Wrong’

It didn’t take long for Ukraine and Hunter Biden to come up at tonight’s CNN Democratic debate.

Anderson Cooper asked Joe Biden early on: “President Trump has falsely accused your son of doing something wrong while serving on a company board if Ukraine. I want to point out there’s no evidence of wrongdoing by either one of you. Having said that, on Sunday, you announced that if you’re president, no one in your family will be involved in any foreign businesses. My question is: if it’s not okay for a president’s family to be involved in foreign businesses, why was it okay for your son when you were vice president?”

“My son did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong,” Biden responded. “I carried out the policy of the United States in rooting out corruption in Ukraine. And that’s what we should be focusing on.”

He brought up Hunter’s interview this morning to ABC News. When Biden finished, Cooper followed up, “He admitted he made a mistake and showed poor judgement by serving on the board. Did you make a mistake by letting him?”

Biden said he “never discussed a single thing with my son about anything having do with Ukraine” and said the focus should be on “Trump’s corruption.”

You can watch above, via CNN.

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