Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 12
Hunter Biden Defends Graham Platner as Maine Democrat Faces Sexting and Nazi-Tattoo Furor 4 Days After Primary
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 12

Hunter Biden Defends Graham Platner as Maine Democrat Faces Sexting and Nazi-Tattoo Furor 4 Days After Primary

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 12

Summary

  • On Gavin Newsom’s 95-minute podcast Friday, Hunter Biden said he was “99.9% certain” Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is “no Nazi” and not racist, misogynistic or antisemitic.
  • Biden dismissed scrutiny over Platner’s leaked sexually explicit messages as consensual and argued few politicians would survive if their phones and iCloud accounts were fully exposed.
  • Platner won Maine’s Democratic Senate primary Tuesday and now faces Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November, with the controversy landing just as the general-election race begins.
  • The candidate has said he got the skull-and-crossbones tattoo more than a decade ago during a drunken night in Croatia, later learned it resembled the SS Totenkopf symbol, and altered it in October 2025.

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