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Hunter Biden: “I served on 17 other boards in between that time, all very…”

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Published July 18, 2026 | Video Starts at 21:29

I went to Yale Law School. I was at Boy Schiller Flexner, in which I was an expert on corporate governance. I served on 17 other boards in between that time, all very significant boards, including as vice chairman of the board of Amtrak. And so I was preeminently qualified to be on that board. Question is, should I have taken that job when my dad was in the. And the answer is no, I shouldn't have. (21:29–21:38)

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