The pardon comes weeks before President Biden leaves office and transfers power to President-elect Donald J. Trump, who spent years attacking Hunter Biden over his legal and personal issues.

President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing this month on gun crime and tax convictions, marking a reversal as he prepares to leave office.

Reaction to President Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter has led to a predictably polarized response along party lines.

Earlier on Sunday, Biden accused Republicans of unfair treatment and claimed Hunter was "treated differently" by prosecutors. Hunter Biden was convicted of three felony firearm offenses in a Delaware trial earlier this year, and then pleaded guilty to multiple felony tax offenses in September.

President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, though he had previously said he would not do so. That spares the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions.

President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing later this month for two federal cases.

President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden after he was convicted in a felony gun case and a separate felony tax case earlier this year.

President Joe Biden on Sunday signed a “full and unconditional” pardon for his son Hunter, saying he “wrestled” with the decision but believed that “raw politics” had “infected” the process that led to the younger Biden’s criminal convictions on gun and tax charges.