Former first son Hunter Biden put a remarkably precise number on being “a little bit” gay.
Former President Joe Biden’s 56-year-old son delivered the calculation during a playful appearance on Luke Beasley’s podcast.
His answer when Beasley wondered whether he would be Hunter’s type supplied one of the more pointed laughs.
“No, a little bit more masculine would be my type, if I was gay,” Hunter told him.
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The running gag began with Beasley announcing, “Let’s get serious. I am gay.”
“Really? Wow. Seriously. I’m so amazed you’re gay,” Hunter replied.
Beasley then turned the question around and asked, “Are you gay?”
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“Only a little bit,” Hunter answered.
The host wanted to know whether that meant more or less than 50%. Hunter settled on “48.6” percent, although the figure would not survive the full interview.
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He later dropped the figure to 47 after returning to what he called “the gay question.”
“Maybe I take back 48.5. More like 47 after that conversation. My gaydom went down a percentage point,” Hunter said.
By the end of the interview, the number had climbed again.
“I just wanted to let you know that I am back up to 48.5 percent gay,” Hunter told Beasley.
His first marriage, to Kathleen Buhle, lasted from 1993 until 2017. Hunter married Melissa Cohen in 2019.
The loose, joke-filled performance arrived alongside much tougher talk from Hunter about former Vice President Kamala Harris.
During a separate Monday sitdown, Zeteo Editor-in-Chief Mehdi Hasan questioned him about his father’s presidency, the Israel-Hamas war and Harris’ time as vice president.
Hasan warned that Hunter’s criticism might look like he was “throwing her under the bus,” drawing laughter from his guest.
Hunter credited Harris with loyalty to Joe Biden but stopped short of calling it unconditional.
“Let me just state it exactly clearly. I think that she was loyal to my father, and I don’t think that she was loyal to a fault, however,” he said.
Hunter also recalled other people telling him Harris had been intensely loyal to his father. His answer was that their perspective differed from his own. Hasan tried to pin down how she had fallen short.
“That’s between me and her,” Hunter said.
He showed no interest in keeping every grievance private, however, declaring that he “ain’t running for anything” and can “say whatever the f‑‑‑ I want.”
Hunter allowed that Harris could have a “deep, rich future in politics” and might seek the presidency again, though he did not see her as the front-runner. His judgment of her campaign talent was far less generous.
“She’s not a very good politician,” he remarked.
Hunter had delivered that same verdict last month. On the “Amped Up” podcast, he questioned why Harris would try to separate herself from the administration in which she served.
“I don’t see how she possibly thinks that distancing herself from Joe Biden is even possible,” Hunter said. “And why would you, if you really believed in the record that you had left?”
Harris has taken swings of her own at the Biden White House. Her campaign memoir, “107 Days,” brands Joe Biden’s reelection bid “recklessness” and accuses his staff of “adding fuel” to unfavorable stories about her.
President Donald Trump defeated Harris in 2024 after she replaced Joe Biden atop the Democratic ticket. Her name is among those being discussed for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination.
One actor has offered a very different diagnosis of that defeat.
J. Alphonse Nicholson, who plays John Senior on HBO’s “Lanterns,” said distrust of Black women cost Harris the presidency. His comments came during a Sunday interview with Fantastic Frankey, co-host of “DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast.”
“Could you imagine where we would be right now if Kamala got up in there, dog?” Nicholson said. “Could you imagine how it would’ve been? It’d be a lot different. So we’re experiencing the consequences of not trusting a black woman.”
Nicholson tied the political point to “Lanterns,” saying the show could demonstrate “how great it could be” if people “trust a black woman.” He called the idea “really dope.”
Kyle Chandler stars in the series as Green Lantern Hal Jordan, with Aaron Pierre playing his protégé, John Stewart. James Gunn produces the program under the direction of “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof.
Online complaints have accused “Lanterns” of serving up lectures about American racism and “white privilege.”
Hal Jordan got his ring because of “white privilege”…. 😂😂 wtf and the second racist episode since this series started.
You know It’s ok to be pro-black and not be anti-white.
— jk (@derhurrikane) August 31, 2026
During its second episode, a woman tells Stewart that white men possess the “luxury” of being “eccentric” and that “white men with money can do whatever the f–k they want.”
Before the third episode, Gunn used social media to ask fans to tune in. One response accused the show of handing Jordan his ring because of “white privilege” and producing a second racist installment.
“You know It’s ok to be pro-black and not be anti-white,” the viewer wrote.
Another commenter compared its message unfavorably with “Black Panther,” writing that the movie presented Black children as powerful while “Lanterns” cast them as victims.
“One portrayed Blackness as something powerful to inherit,” the response read. “The other treats it like a burden to survive. That isn’t progress. It’s regression dressed up as representation.”