The difference between six and seven is slight but, in the mouth of Joe Biden, it meant everything. “I have seven grandkids,” the US president said in a recent podcast interview.
That was Biden’s way of acknowledging his four-year-old grand-daughter, Navy Joan Roberts. His son Hunter has said he fathered Navy during a period when he was struggling with alcohol and drug addiction and does not have a relationship with her. The episode illustrated the political sensitivities around Hunter – and Biden’s efforts to navigate them ahead.
