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At the age of two he lost his mother and sister in a car crash. Decades later he became addicted to crack after the death of his ‘soulmate’ brother.

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Hunter Biden reveals how he was saved.

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“As I began writing this in November 2019, I sat in the centre of a political firestorm,” writes Hunter Biden. “The president of the United States was smearing me almost daily from the South Lawn of the White House."

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“He invoked my name at rallies to incite his base. ‘Where’s Hunter?’ replaced ‘Lock her up!’ as his go-to hype line. If you wanted, you could even buy a Where’s Hunter? T-shirt.”

“I became a proxy for Donald Trump’s fear that he wouldn’t be re-elected. He pushed debunked conspiracy theories about work I did in Ukraine and China.”

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“I’ve survived worse. I’ve known success and ruin. With my mother and sister killed in an accident when I was two, my father suffering a brain aneurysm in his forties, and my brother dying from brain cancer, I come from a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable love”

"My mother and little sister were killed almost instantly. Beau was pulled from the wreckage with a broken leg and myriad other injuries. I suffered a severe skull fracture."

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"The next thing I remember is waking up in a hospital with Beau in the bed next to mine, bandaged and in traction. He’s mouthing three words to me, over and over: “I love you. I love you. I love you.”

"That’s our origin story. Beau became my best friend, my soulmate and my Pole Star since those virtually first conscious moments of my life.

Three weeks later, inside our hospital room, Dad was sworn into the Senate."

"After Beau died, I never felt more alone. I lost hope. I’ve since pulled out of that dark, bleak hole."

Read the full exclusive extract: thetimes.co.uk/article/6c0e48…