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The remark, which fluctuated between 47% and 48.5% during the exchange, was part of a broader discussion on personal and political topics. No left- or centre-rated outlet covered the story.","category":"Media","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-09-02T17:25:23.499Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-02T16:10:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-02T18:30:22.365Z","readTime":"5 min read","scores":{"trust":30,"critic":45,"hype":70,"notes":{"trust":"No named sources or documents; all claims rest on anonymous or syndicated digests.","critic":"No affected parties quoted; no right of reply offered.","hype":"Headlines and digests overstate a joke as a serious declaration."}},"tags":["#HunterBiden","#USPolitics","#LGBTQ","#PodcastInterview","#MediaCoverage"],"entities":["Hunter Biden","Luke Beasley","Melissa Cohen","Joe Biden","The Luke Beasley Show"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Hunter Biden said he was '48.6% gay' during a comedy podcast interview with Luke Beasley on 16 August 2026.","The remark was part of a joke and shifted to 47% and later 48.5% during the same conversation.","Biden has been married to Melissa Cohen since 2019 and has children from previous relationships.","The story was covered exclusively by right-rated outlets, with no reports from left- or centre-rated publications."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Hunter Biden described himself as '48.6% gay' during an interview on The Luke Beasley Show, a podcast hosted by progressive commentator Luke Beasley. The exchange took place on 16 August 2026. Biden’s remark was part of a comedic routine, according to the full reports published by Zero Hedge and WLTReport. The figure fluctuated during the interview, dipping to 47% before settling at 48.5%."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Beasley opened the segment by declaring, 'Let’s get serious. I am gay.' Biden responded with surprise before saying he was 'only a little bit' gay. When asked to quantify it, he replied, '48.6.' The conversation included jokes about Biden’s hypothetical preferences if he were gay, with Biden stating he would prefer someone 'a little bit more masculine.' The tone of the interview was described as intentionally awkward and comedic by WLTReport."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Biden has been married to Melissa Cohen since 2019, and the couple has a six-year-old child named Beau. He also has three daughters from a previous marriage to Kathleen Buhle and an eight-year-old daughter, Navy, with former girlfriend Lunden Roberts. Biden was previously in a relationship with the widow of his late brother, Beau Biden. He has faced no charges related to allegations of hiring prostitutes or drug use during sexual encounters, though he was indicted in 2023 for tax evasion and making false statements on a gun purchase form."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No left- or centre-rated outlet ran the story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned that the interview also covered Biden’s sobriety, his father’s health, or his stated intention to reach people dealing with substance abuse. 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Zero Hedge’s headline described Biden as having 'come out as 48.6% gay,' while WLTReport called the remark 'a remarkably precise answer to a question almost nobody was asking.' Both outlets included the fluctuation of the figure during the interview, with WLTReport noting it shifted to 47% and later 48.5%.","Zero Hedge and WLTReport both quoted Biden’s conditional language about his hypothetical preferences, with Zero Hedge reproducing his line, 'No,' when asked if Beasley would be his type. WLTReport described the exchange as part of an 'intentionally awkward comedy routine' and noted that the joke was not treated as a serious declaration of sexual identity. The outlet also quoted Biden’s later remark that he was 'finally speaking for myself,' not for the Democratic Party or as a political candidate.","The digests from 100% FED UP!, Hungarian Conservative, TheMix.net, and realnewsnow.com all carried the 48.6% figure and framed it as a joke. Hungarian Conservative’s digest noted that the remark had 'quickly spread through LGBTQ outlets' and linked it to a previous controversy in which Biden alleged a 'closeted gay mafia' in Washington, naming Republican figures Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Mike Johnson. 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