“Well, you know, when Joe and I decided to run for president, when we made that decision, we knew it was going to be tough. Our family was going to be tough,” Jill Biden said ‘NBC News.’

“But we never could have imagined that it would turn into, that Donald Trump would be asking a foreign government to get involved in our elections and I think, you know Donald Trump has shown us who he is and this has been a real distraction,” Ms. Biden continued. “And I think it just proves that he’s afraid to run against my husband, Joe Biden.”

Jill Biden maintains that her son is innocent and her husband, Joe Biden is right to defend him.

“I know my son’s character,” she said. “Hunter did nothing wrong and that’s the bottom line.

“I think any parent who is watching this show knows that if anyone attacked their son or daughter, I mean, you don’t just sit down and take it. You fight for your kid,” she added.

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