Hunter Biden’s home destroyed in California wildfire – Daily Mail

The devastating fire has killed five people and destroyed over 2,000 structures in the Los Angeles area

A luxury property rented by US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, has been incinerated in the wildfire currently ravaging the Los Angeles area, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday. US President-elect Donald Trump has blamed much of the devastation on Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom.

The Palisades Fire began as a small brush blaze in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Tuesday morning. By Wednesday, however, it had been fanned by hurricane-force winds into a fast-moving conflagration that tore through the affluent neighborhoods between Santa Monica and Malibu. The fire has killed five people, destroyed more than 2,000 structures, and is 0% contained, according to the latest information from the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Among the buildings destroyed is a $4 million property in Malibu that was rented by Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen, the Daily Mail reported. The British tabloid published pictures of the property burned to the ground, with only two stone chimney stacks still standing.

Hunter Biden’s Los Angeles home was lost in the Palisades blaze. pic.twitter.com/U2LdsfUzpj— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 9, 2025

The president’s son had rented the property for $15,800 per month and used the idyllic space to work on his paintings, the Daily Mail claimed. Also destroyed was a neighboring house rented by Hunter’s Secret Service detail at a monthly cost to the US taxpayer of $16,000, the newspaper added.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning, President Biden addressed the damage to his son’s home, although he did not confirm whether it had been burned down.

“My son lives out here and his wife. They got a notification yesterday their home was probably burned to the ground,” Biden said. “Today, it appears that maybe [it's] still standing, but I'm not sure.”

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Hunter Biden is not the only famous name affected by the blaze. Heiress Paris Hilton and actors Billy Crystal, John Goodman, and Anthony Hopkins are among dozens of celebrities whose houses have been burned to the ground, according to media reports and social media posts from the stars themselves.

The home of Anthony Hopkins pic.twitter.com/OPuliSb8zT— Gina Macina