White House Doesn’t Say If Biden Would Commute Son’s Sentence

The White House declined to say if President Joe Biden would consider commuting the sentence of his son, Hunter Biden, after his conviction on three felony gun counts.

The president has previously ruled out a pardon for his son, the first child of a president to be found guilty of a crime during their father’s time in office. But a commutation could keep Hunter Biden from serving jail time, even as the conviction stands.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said she had not spoken to the president about the possibility of a commutation. A spokesman for the White ...