The busted Bidens
At least nine so far for Joe kin
In August 2019, Caroline Biden, 33, a niece of former Vice President Joe Biden, was busted in Lower Merion Township, Pa., for driving under the influence and without a license, public records show. While the case is active, it’s unlikely Caroline will face much in the way of consequences — if history and Biden family rap sheets are any guide.
Her arrest, which was never made public, was at least the ninth among Joe Biden’s close family, and followed incidents involving his brother Frank, his son Hunter and his daughter Ashley. The cases — ranging from felony theft to drug possession — were all either thrown out, or resulted in light sentences with no jail time, according to a Post review of public records and published reports.
The drunken-driving collar was the third run-in with the law for Caroline, who is the daughter of Joe’s brother James. In September 2013, she was booked for allegedly hitting an NYPD officer during a meltdown at her Tribeca apartment, following a rent dispute with a roommate. The case was dismissed after Caroline agreed to anger-management treatment.
In 2017, she was busted for spending more than $110,000 on a stolen credit card. Her felony was tossed, and she was allowed to replead to petty larceny as part of a sweetheart deal negotiated by her attorneys. No jail time.
There is no evidence that Joe Biden, now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, ever interceded on his family’s behalf — but the string of favorable outcomes has raised eyebrows.
Biden’s campaign spokesman TJ Ducklo, when asked if Biden ever made phone calls to law enforcement on behalf of busted relatives, said, “No he didn’t, and this entire story is garbage.”
The trouble for Ashley Biden, 39, started with a pot bust when she was a student at Tulane University in 1999. New Orleans police confirmed the possession arrest of the daughter of the then-Delaware senator, but no conviction was recorded in court records.
Ten years later, during her father’s vice presidency, a video circulated of a woman who looked like Ashley snorting what appeared to be cocaine at a party. Joe Biden refused to comment and there were no legal consequences.
Ashley hung up the phone when contacted by The Post.
Joe Biden’s brother, Francis
“Frank” Biden, 66, won the prize for the most bizarre Biden family bust when he allegedly stuffed two DVDs from a Florida Blockbuster down his pants in October 2003, cops said. He was 49 at the time. He never showed up for a scheduled court hearing, and the state declined to prosecute, according to the Miami New Times.
He has had more serious scrapes with the law. He was pinched in August 2003 for drunk driving in Fort Lauderdale, earning six months probation. He was arrested a year later for driving with a suspended license but avoided jail by going to rehab.
In 1999, Frank Biden was a passenger in a car involved in a fatal drunk-driving accident. He was found partially liable for the death of a 38-year-old man and still owes his family almost $1 million, according to the Daily Mail.
He did not respond to request for comment. He has said that he has been “sober for a long time.”
Biden’s son Hunter’s long public history of drug abuse began in 1988 with an arrest for drug possession — at around the same time his father was building his “War on Drugs” bonafides.