In Colbert Interview, Bidens Talk Hunter Probe, 'Kiddo' Op-Ed

Despite those who hope to use his family against him, President-elect Joe Biden is entering the final month before Inauguration Day with "great confidence" in his son, Hunter, the president-elect told Stephen Colbert during a Thursday interview.

Hunter Biden, 50, revealed last week he is under a federal investigation over his taxes.

During the interview, Biden called the accusations "foul play" and also mentioned his "personal disappointment" with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a friend to the Bidens who also called for the investigation into Hunter Biden.

Despite his disappointment, "it is what is," the president-elect said — at the end of the day, the future president is still determined to work with those who levied the personal attacks against his family.

"If it benefits the country, yes. I really mean it," Biden said.

Jill Biden, who joined the president-elect later in the interview, addressed a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed that took aim at her doctorate degree and her use of the title “Dr.”

The op-ed, written by Joseph Epstein, triggered a backlash, with critics calling it sexist and patronizing.

“That was such a surprise,” Jill Biden said. “It was really the tone of it. He called me ‘kiddo.’ One of the things I am most proud of is my doctorate. I worked so hard for it.”

The Bidens also touched on the coronavirus pandemic and the "unaddressed grief" the nation is facing.

Biden called the role of the president "profound" when it comes to addressing the grief.

“Think of all the people this Christmas who are going to sit at a table, an empty chair across the table, a son or a daughter or mom or dad," Biden said, calling empathy "a critically important thing."

"It doesn’t make it easier to talk about it if you have been through it," he continued. "But when you have been through it, you talk to people, they go, ‘Okay I know he or she understands. They have been through it.”

Watch an excerpt of the interview below. The interview in its entirety can be found on YouTube.