
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The White House issued a statement in which President and First Lady Biden “acknowledged” the existence of a seventh grandchild – a beautiful little 4-year-old girl named Navy Jones Roberts. ; She is the so-called “love child” of First Son, Hunter – although she was not the result of a loving relationship.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The “acknowledgement” comes after the Biden family first lied about the child being Hunter’s daughter. ; Once paternity was established the Bidens brutally ignored their grandchild. ; There were no meetings. ; No bouncing on Grandpa Joe’s lap. ; No Christimas gifts. ; No birthday parties at the White House. ; In fact, Joe and Bill Biden have never met their granddaughter face-to-face. ; For the past four years, Grandpa Joe frequently and proudly referred to his SIX grandchildren. ; At Christmas, six stockings were hung on the mantle with care.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For his part, Hunter also ignored his daughter. ; His only interest in her was to first deny she was his child – and then to fight against child support for the child. ; Daddy Biden has been an absentee father.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When most folks have children and grandchildren, they not only “recognize” them, but embrace them in a loving manner – regardless of the circumstances of their births. ; What little Navy got from her Biden family was an emotionless acknowledgement of the obvious.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So, why even this? ; And why now?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Biden’s said that they stayed aloof to allow the mother and father to work things out. ; That is more than nonsense. ; It is a blatant lie. ; No “working things out” would have been negatively impacted by embracing the girl as part of the family. ; Arguably, it would have helped “work things out.” ; Minimally, it would have avoided any potential pain of rejection.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The problem is that the Biden family never considered the reality, the emotions, or the wellbeing of Navy. ; It was all about political public image. ; It was all about protecting Hunter from responsibility. ; It was all about sweeping Navy under the political rug.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It did not work, however. ; Hunter’s fighting against his responsibilities kept the issue increasingly in the news – as the child grew into that pretty little girl being seen by the public. ; The Biden cold and callous approach not only became more evident but was leading to rising criticism. ; It was becoming a political problem.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Joe Biden was not being seen as the naturally loving old grandpa – family man &#8212; he purported to be. ; His decision to first deny then ignore the existence of his grandchild, was a POLITICAL calculation – as is his recent “acknowledgement.” ; ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Throughout this entire situation, Joe, Jill and Hunter Biden never considered or focused on Navy. ; She was merely a troublesome issue that had to be strategized on political calculations. ; There was no obvious tugging at the heartstrings.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And that is what bothered me most. ; Perhaps it is because I dealt with a similar situation.  ; After taking a homeless teenager into our family, we discovered he was the father of an infant son. ; We immediately embraced the child as part of the family. ; We negotiated visitation rights. Over the years, we celebrated his birthdays. ; He was with us on various family holidays. ; He was included in formal family portraits. ; We took him on trips. ; He called my wife and me grandma and grandpa. ; ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This was not something we did strategically. ; It was something that came naturally. ; It was impossible to feel or act otherwise. ; But the Bidens never seemed to have that natural reaction. ; It appears to have been overridden by the political calculous – as does the recent “acknowledgement.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Will we now see seven stockings on the mantle next Christmas? ; Will we see Navy bouncing on grandpa’s lap in the Oval Office?  ; Will there be a financial commitment to Navy’s future over and above whatever the Court imposes on Hunter? ; Will she be remembered in the grandparents’ will? ; Are the Bidens ready to embrace their grandchild – or just “acknowledge” her existence and walk away? ; And even if we see some family photos with Navy, will they be images of family love &#8212; or just public-image photo ops for political purposes? ; ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With four years of historic neglect and disinterest, there is no getting round the fact that the Biden family’s approach to granddaughter Navy has been heartless – and the “acknowledgement” under public pressure does not change that.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So, there ‘tis.</p>

Biden Sees 7th Grandchild as a Political Issue
