Hunter Biden jokes he is 48.6% gay during comedy podcast interview
The remark, made on The Luke Beasley Show, was part of a routine and shifted during the conversation
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Hunter Biden jokes he is 48.6% gay during comedy podcast interview
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What this story says
- 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.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 7 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
30/100
Craft
45/100
Hype
70/100
7 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
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%.
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.
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.
What the coverage left out
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. Only WLTReport’s full report included those details.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 2 Sept 2026, 18:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
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Centre
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No outlet rated centre has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Right
6 rated outlets
- All six right-rated reports led on the 48.6% figure. 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. None of the digests mentioned the fluctuation of the figure or the broader context of the interview.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Hunter Biden jokes he is 48.6% gay during comedy podcast interview?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 100% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 7. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Hunter Biden jokes he is 48.6% gay during comedy podcast interview left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Hunter Biden jokes he is 48.6% gay during comedy podcast interview biased?
- Hunter Biden jokes he is 48.6% gay during comedy podcast interview is one event reported by 7 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Hunter Biden jokes he is 48.6% gay during comedy podcast interview?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Hunter Biden jokes he is 48.6% gay during comedy podcast interview?
- 7 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Hunter Biden say about his sexuality?
- 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. The tone was described as intentionally comedic by outlets that covered it.
- Was Hunter Biden’s remark about being gay serious?
- No. The full reports from Zero Hedge and WLTReport described the remark as part of a comedy routine. WLTReport noted that neither Biden nor Beasley treated the percentage as a serious declaration of sexual identity, and the figure shifted multiple times during the interview.
- Which outlets covered the story?
- The story was covered exclusively by right-rated outlets, including Zero Hedge, WLTReport, 100% FED UP!, Hungarian Conservative, TheMix.net, and realnewsnow.com. No left- or centre-rated outlet reported on it, according to the material provided.
- What else did Hunter Biden discuss in the interview?
- According to WLTReport, the interview covered Biden’s sobriety, his father’s health, his experiences with addiction and recovery, and his decision to become more public after years of staying quiet. The conversation also touched on political trolling and the controversy surrounding his laptop.
Read it at the source
7 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
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Centre
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Right
6- Biden Says He Is 48% Gay – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Jack (opens 100% FED UP! in a new tab)
100% FED UP! — is 100% FED UP! biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Hunter Biden Says He Is ‘48.6 Per Cent Gay’ on Luke Beasley Podcast (opens Hungarian Conservative in a new tab)
Hungarian Conservative — is Hungarian Conservative biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Hunter Biden Jokes He’s “48.5 Percent Gay” During Podcast Appearance (opens TheMix.net in a new tab)
TheMix.net — is TheMix.net biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Hunter Biden Says He’s ‘48% Gay’ in Bizarre Podcast Interview - Real News Now (opens realnewsnow.com in a new tab)
realnewsnow.com — is realnewsnow.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Hunter Biden, Who Slept With Late Brother's Widow, 'Comes Out As 48.6% Gay' (opens Zero Hedge in a new tab)
Zero Hedge — is Zero Hedge biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Biden Says He Is 48% Gay (opens WLTReport in a new tab)
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