Hunter Biden seen driving Toyota rental in South Africa after his Secret Service detail was terminated
Hunter Biden was seen out and about with his family in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday amid Republicans' investigation into an alleged "conspiracy" related to his father's cognitive decline as president.
The embattled son of the former president toured Cape Town with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, and son, Beau Biden Jr., driving a rented Toyota sedan, a big change from the black Chevy Suburbans he was used to traveling in before President Donald Trump yanked his Secret Service detail.
In March, Trump terminated Hunter Biden's Secret Service detail after former President Joe Biden extended his son's detail indefinitely. Typically, children of former presidents only enjoy Secret Service protection if they are 16 or younger.
Trump's move to remove Hunter Biden's detail came as the former president's son was once again vacationing in South Africa.
Hunter Biden and his family were seen on the Sea Point Main Road, a main thoroughfare in a wealthy part of Cape Town, paying for parking and stopping into the local butcher. Based on the images, it is apparent Hunter no longer has the luxury of a Secret Service detail.
The new pictures also mark the first time Hunter Biden has been seen publicly since his father's public cancer announcement.
Republicans are launching a new investigation into the alleged "conspiracy" behind former President Joe Biden's cognitive decline.
Senstors Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced plans to hold a Senate Judiciary hearing June 18 to look into the alleged cover-up of the 82-year-old former president's mental decline while in office by the media and those closest to him.
The lawmakers are still gathering witnesses for the probe, which would be the first full congressional committee hearing on the subject.
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