As fires continue tearing across parts of Southern California, namely the Los Angeles environs and Malibu, where, amongst others, a child star with blindness and cerebral palsy was killed by the fires after the water ran out, the $4 million rental home of Hunter Biden, ne’er-do-well son of President Joe Biden, burned to the ground.
President Biden had initially revealed in a statement on Wednesday, January 9, that his son’s home had probably burned down, saying, at the end of a press conference, “It’s astounding what’s happened. There’s only one piece of good news. My son lives out here and his wife. Their — they got a notification yesterday that their home is probably burned to the ground. Today, it appears that maybe it’s still standing. We’re not sure.”
Then, getting to the “good news” in a comment that many found somewhat tasteless given the destruction that occurred, “But the good news is I’m a great-grandfather as of today. My eldest granddaughter. A 10-pound, 4-ounce baby girl — baby boy. So, I — I’m going to remember this day for a lot of the wrong reasons. But anyway.”
However, it has since been revealed that the Malibu property had been destroyed, with nightmarish photos of the destruction showing a charred wreck with only a bit of stonework left standing, rather than the once-gorgeous three-bedroom, three-bath 1950s homestead that looked out over incredibly picturesque views of the Pacific.
In fact, all that is left of the $4 million rental property that Hunter rented at the massive sum of $15,800 per month are two stone fireplace chimneys, with the rest of it burned to the ground and now lying as charred, blackened rubble strewn about the ash-covered ground, with various bits of wreckage lying here and there.
That’s quite in contrast to what existed just days before, a white-painted ranch home surrounded by lush greenery and described, in a listing, as boasting not only the pretty house itself but also a “guest studio with a private balcony overlooking the ocean that creates the perfect artistic space.” That is where Hunter painted his artwork.
In any case, the listing also described the ranch home right on the Malibu coast as having “mesmerizing ocean views,” in addition to boasting magnificently “large windows that give the illusion of being fully immersed and in total harmony with nature.” Further destroyed was a nearby, tangential residence that the Secret Service used.
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Before moving to the rented home in Malibu, Hunter and his current wife, Melissa, lived in a home owned by Sweetgreen CEO and co-founder Jonathan Neman in Venice Beach, another beautiful area of California. Commenting on how bad of tenants they were, saying, “Hunter and Melissa were horrible tenants. Not only did they stiff the owner for months of rent, they left the house in terrible condition.”
That source added, commenting on what they did, “They were totally disrespectful of Jonathan and [his wife] Leora’s property. Melissa was rude and entitled. They destroyed the stereo equipment in the home and when someone came to fix it, they were uncooperative. They also left the place dirty.”
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