Sean Penn had large reward for his embattled buddy, Hunter Biden, in a brand new interview with The New York Instances.
Throughout a wide-ranging dialog with reporter Maureen Dowd, the actor confirmed off a portray by Hunter Biden which was on “prominent display” in his Malibu dwelling.
In Dowd’s article, she described the piece, titled “The Map,” as a picture of “the black outline of a head with colorful, detailed brushstrokes all around it.”
Penn mentioned the portray, which was a private present from president Joe Biden’s son, was made whereas the attorney-turned-artist was attempting “to put the pieces” of his life “back together” amid his struggles with drug and alcohol abuse.
Hunter Biden was just lately convicted of three felonies associated to mendacity about his drug use on a 2018 utility to buy a gun.
Elsewhere within the interview, Penn known as his pal a “very, very insightful guy,” revealing that Hunter Biden had visited the “Milk” star’s dwelling with spouse Melissa Biden and their son, Beau, simply the night time prior.
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Penn additionally advised Dowd how he first met Hunter Biden at a 2022 occasion for the Kennedy Heart Honors, with the pair reconnecting final fall on the suggestion of mutual pal, Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell of California.
Penn mentioned earlier than assembly Biden he had learn an interview with him and “since the chips were rolling down, and I was really taken with him” he determined to share his admiration for the primary son.
Extra just lately, Penn was Hunter Biden’s private visitor at a star-packed Hollywood fundraiser for his father, President Biden.
The actor has been an ardent critic of Biden’s Republican rival, Donald Trump, for years now.
Talking in regards to the former president throughout his sit down with Dowd, Penn mentioned, “He’s shameful as an art and as a way of life.”
