Hunter Biden was close friends with Tucker Carlson, wrote a recommendation for his son's Georgetown application, and even got Carlson to intervene in a story about him on Hunter's behalf.
Emails from Hunter's abandoned laptop show the Fox anchor and the president's son were close until around 2015 – a fact that Carlson failed to declare throughout his extensive coverage of the scandals surrounding Hunter's business and personal transgressions revealed by his abandoned computer.
In emails Hunter professed his 'love' for Carlson and his family, called him 'buddy' and told him 'you're a friend'.
In August 2015 data on the 30 million users of extramarital affairs website Ashley Madison were leaked, including Hunter's name and credit card.
DailyMail.com wrote a story about Joe Biden's son's alleged use of the site, whose tag line is 'Life is short. Have an affair'.
Emails obtained by DailyMail.com from Hunter's abandoned laptop show Fox News host Tucker Carlson and the president's son were close at one point
In one email from 2014, the news anchor thanked Hunter for writing a recommendation letter for his son's Georgetown University application - Hunter's alma mater
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On August 27, Hunter wrote 'call me pls' to the top Fox anchor. About two hours later Carlson wrote back revealing he had intervened in their reporting on Hunter's behalf.
'Just lost my s**t on the editor over there. He claims the London office forced him to do it. He's a pig either way, and I told him so,' he said.
'This whole thing is disgusting and awful and it breaks my heart that you all have to go through it. I'm really sorry. Let me know if there's anything [Carlson's wife] Susie and I can do to help.'
Hunter wrote back: 'I'm sorry for even calling you. I know I put you in a difficult position- and upon reflection as you're [a] friend I should have never done that.
'I was just so upset that they went to my house and confronted Finnegan. I've been in DE [Delaware] the last two months sleeping in my nephew's bed, and it's hard to even get up in the morning sometimes.
'Eric [Schwerin, Hunter's business partner] provided all the information on background that proves this was not me - not my IP address- not my credit card #, not my birthdate etc...but they still come anyway. I can take the hit- I'll be fine, but the notion that under any circumstance whether ordered to by an editor or not that someone would confront my 16 year old daughter at my home is just wrong.
'Regardless, I should have never put you in this position- you have your own family all of whom I love, and your own business and defending me is not something a friend should ask a friend to do. Tell Susie we love her and miss you both very much.'
One exchange reveals Carlson even intervened on a 2015 DailyMail.com story about Hunter's use of extramarital affairs website Ashley Madison, on Hunter's behalf
In a November 2011 email Carlson and his wife Susan (right) were listed as 'friends' by Kathleen Biden (left) on a guest list for a cocktail party
At the time, Hunter publicly denied using Ashley Madison, although embarrassing and shocking videos and communications recovered from his laptop by DailyMail.com this year revealed the extent of his infidelity with prostitutes and prolific drug use.
DailyMail.com sent follow-up questions to Hunter following his denial at the time, digging out records from the leak showing a credit card with his name on it and registered to an address linked to him which was used to pay $268.99 for the site on June 25, 2014.
He did not respond.
In messages sent days later Hunter lashed out at his ex-wife Kathleen, referring to his addictions as 'this disease'.
'I have struggled with this disease. And when I need you most to protect me against myself you shut me out,' he wrote.
'My brother died and the day after he was put in a grave you stopped speaking to me.
'Your absence after the most devastating moment in my life clearly confirmed to all our friends and family that I truly must be the most despicable human being in the world.
'Everyone already thinks I'm a lying cheating piece of s**t. My mother and my sister-in law and everyone in my family, they all hate me because what you have told them. The only response I get is 'you deserve it.'
In an email exchange a year earlier further evidencing the close relationship between Hunter and Carlson, the anchor thanked Hunter profusely for writing a letter of recommendation for his son's Georgetown University application – Hunter's alma mater.
'Hunter! I can't thank you enough for writing that letter to Georgetown on Buckley's behalf. So nice of you. I know it'll help. Hope you're great and we can all get dinner soon,' Carlson wrote on November 12, 2014.
Carlson has failed to declare the pair's previous close friendship throughout his extensive coverage of the scandals surrounding Hunter's business and personal transgressions revealed by his abandoned computer
Aside from the leaked emails, the laptop also reportedly contained images of Hunter Biden smoking what appears to be a crack pipe and had lewd photos and videos of him
