A court in Ukraine has ordered an investigation into Joe Biden over claims he repeatedly pressured officials to force the dismissal of the country's prosecutor general.

Viktor Shokin, who was Ukraine's top prosecutor from 2015 to 2016, lodged the complaint with a Kiev court which in turn filed a request with Ukraine's investigative office the DBR to looking into the allegations.

The court granted this request and Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigations confirmed a probe was underway, according to The Washington Post.

Shokin accused the former vice president of pressuring officials in Kiev to fire him in 2016 while Biden was in office.

He claims Biden wanted him removed because Shokin tried to investigate Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian gas company where Biden's son, Hunter, was a highly paid board member, reportedly being paid $83,000 per month.

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaking to guests during a campaign stop at Coastal Carolina University yesterday

Hunter Biden being interviewed on Nightline last year. Hunter Biden's time on the supervisory board at Ukrainian gas group Burisma, become the focal point of the impeachment allegations against Present Trump

Oleksandr Teleshetsky, Shokin's lawyer, said Biden had 'called repeatedly' for Shokin to be fired while he was working as prosecutor general.

He told the Post: 'They need to investigate this. They have no other alternative. They are required to do this by the decision of the court. If they don't, then they violate a whole string of procedural norms.'

The lawyer insisted that Shokin had no intention of interfering in American affairs or the electoral process in the United States. The complaint has 'no political character', he said.

Shokin mentioned Biden by name while making his request earlier this weekfor an investigation but case documents prepared by the State Bureau of Investigations refer only to an unnamed US citizen, Teleshetsky said.

Biden is one of the leading Democratic contenders seeking the nomination to challenge Trump in this year's presidential elections.

Both Bidens have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in connection with the business dealings in Ukraine.

Then-General Prosecutor of Ukraine Viktor Shokin speaking during news conference in Kiev in 2015. He alleged Biden sought to get him fired

President Trump arriving for the National African American History Month reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington yesterday

President Trump has himself called for Hunter and Joe Biden to be investigated over the debunked allegations.

Last July Trump asked Ukraine's newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to launch an investigation into the Bidens over their dealings in the country.

This now infamous phone call sparked the impeachment proceedings which culminated in Trump's acquittal earlier this month.

House Democrats alleged the call amounted to a 'quid pro quo' arrangement, accusing Trump of threatening to withhold $400 million in US military aid if Ukraine did not launch an investigation into the Bidens.

Trump's unsupported assertions have always depended on the discredited accusation that the elder Biden pressed for the firing of Shokin to spare his son's company, Burisma, from scrutiny.

World Food Program USA Board Chair in 2016, Hunter Biden, introducing his father when he was vice president during a leadership award

Ousting Shokin was, in fact, the official position of the US government and its Western allies, including European Union nations and the International Monetary Fund leadership, because Shokin was believed to be incompetent or corrupt himself.

Two of Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani also branded the Biden's corrupt.

Giuliani's associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman allegedly traveled to Ukraine to dig up dirt on the Bidens.

All three were called out during impeachemnt hearings by former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, for trying to oust her from her position in order to install someone more compatible with their agenda.

Parnas and Fruman are among a group of five charged with using straw donors to funnel illegal contributions to politicians they thought could help their political and business interests, including a pro-Trump super PAC as well as committees supporting other Republicans.