Hunter Biden says he's started new job with California nonprofit
Hunter Biden reveals new role during interview with 'Channel 5' podcaster Andrew Callaghan
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hunter Biden revealed he started a new job working with a nonprofit homeless prevention and tenants' rights group in southern Los Angeles.
The former president’s son made the announcement during an interview with "Channel 5" podcaster Andrew Callaghan, which was posted to YouTube on Tuesday.
"I just think there is such an opportunity to be of service right now – and not in, you know, some kind of melodramatic way – but I just, a lot of people that are, you know, getting the s--- beat out of them out there, right here in LA. And there is enormous opportunity for just normal people to do kind of heroic things," Biden said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I’m working with a group now called BASTA, the homeless prevention, and I just started actually as director of development for BASTA, which is the leading homeless prevention and tenants' rights group in southern Los Angeles," Biden added.
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Biden told Callaghan that the organization protects people "from eviction, and we are the only group – at least in southern California – that represents undocumented and so we don’t take any federal money."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It’s not just El Salvadorean immigrants, it’s Ukrainian immigrants that came here under duress from what is going on in Ukraine and find it really hard to find work because of the fear of employers. that they are going to disrupt their business because of ICE raids and things like that," the president’s son also said.
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Former President Joe Biden, left, and his son, Hunter Biden, stand side-by-side. (Getty Images)
"Then they lose their income, and almost all of these people are families and children. And if you can keep someone in their apartment or their home you obviously also [are] keeping somebody off the street and homelessness. And what you find is that when a child becomes homeless, the road back to any chance of normalcy just becomes exponentially harder and harder."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In a statement to Fox News Digital, BASTA said Hunter Biden is working for BASTA Universal, Inc., a sister entity and spin-off of BASTA.
BASTA Universal describes itself as an organization that "assists and educates low-income tenants in all aspects of tenants’ rights including defending them in unlawful detainer matters (eviction cases)."
"At BASTA Universal, we are really just a bunch of lawyers trying to help low-income tenants and do not have much public relations background. The opportunity presented itself whereby Hunter Biden was searching for new opportunities to participate in his community, and we connected with him," BASTA Universal, Inc.’s Director of Strategy Daniel Bramzon told Fox News Digital.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, leave the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 7, 2024 in Wilmington, Del. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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"Mr. Biden is qualified for this role as Director of Development; he is smart, has experience in networking, and cares about the population we are trying to help. BASTA Universal is a newer organization, so working together with Mr. Biden seemed like a good opportunity for BASTA Universal generally as well as to help bring more attention to the issue of tenants’ rights. We understand that some folks may have different opinions about Mr. Biden, but none of the politics or other gossip really involves BASTA Universal or his work here," he added.