Who is Hunter Biden’s ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle?
JOE Biden's son Hunter was married to Kathleen Buhle for more than 20 years before they split in 2017.
She is one of several women connected to the second son of the Democratic president.
Who is Hunter Biden's first wife, Kathleen Buhle?
Kathleen Buhle Biden married Hunter Biden in 1993.
At the time, she was 24, and the younger Biden son was 23 years old.
According to a 2019 article from the , Kathleen works full-time at the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project.
The organization provides free legal services to domestic violence victims and at-risk children.
She is also a writer and published author.
Per , legal documents describe Kathleen as "Witness 1" in Hunter's federal gun crime trial beginning on Monday, June 3, 2024.
Why did Hunter and Kathleen split?
Hunter and Kathleen split in 2017 after nearly 24 years of marriage.
Kathleen filed for divorce in December 2016, and, per court documents, she accused Hunter of blowing family savings on drugs and prostitutes.
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She claimed Hunter was "spending extravagantly on his own interests including drugs, alcohol, prostitutes, strip clubs, and gifts for women with whom he has sexual relations."
In April 2017, Kathleen broke down in tears before a judge because of the divorce, according to the .
Kathleen told a judge that she and Hunter had been living apart for six months and would not be able to reconcile.
Around the time of their divorce, Hunter had started dating Hallie Biden – his late brother Beau's widow.
On June 14, 2022, Kathleen spoke out for the first time on Good Morning America, introducing her book If We Break: A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing.
The pre-filmed segment quoted her new book as saying, "[The therapist] looked me in the eye and calmly said, 'Kathleen, Hunter’s having an affair with Hallie...
"If anything, I felt a strange vindication.
"Not only had I not been crazy, but it was so much worse than I could have imagined."
Hunter wed Melissa Cohen Biden in 2019.
How many children do they have together?
Kathleen and Hunter share three kids: Naomi, Finnegan, and Maisy.
Naomi was named after Joe Biden’s daughter, who died in a tragic car accident in 1972 when she was one year old.
Finnegan — Kathleen and Hunter's second-eldest child together — was named after Joe's mom, Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan Biden.
Their youngest daughter, Maisy, is said to be good friends with former President Barack Obama's youngest daughter, Sasha.
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According to , Joe said of Maisy in 2019, "Her best friend is Sasha Obama.
"Barack and Jill and the whole family, we had a whole get-together."