Minutes before leaving the presidency, Joe Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying Monday that his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics.

Joe Biden in the final minutes of his presidency on Monday issued pardons to five more members of his family—his brother James and wife Sarah, his younger sister Valerie Biden Owens and husband John T. Owens, and his brother Francis Biden—after he says they were "subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats" motivated by a desire to hurt him.

President Joe Biden's last-minute clemency action helped his businessman brother James Biden and political adviser sister Valerie Biden.

Outgoing President Joe Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses, citing relentless partisan attacks against them. He issued several pardons and commutations before leaving office, including for aides and allies targeted by Donald Trump,

With his presidency nearly over, Joe Biden is considering preemptive pardons for people Donald Trump has criticized or threatened.

It is hard to believe Joe Biden will let his presidency end without pardoning his brother. He has already taken the heat for his son, so why not a little more?

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned five members of his family, saying he wanted to prevent them from being targeted by "baseless and politically motivated investigations." Those pardoned are his two brothers James and Francis.

President Joe Biden pardoned his brother James and other relatives for unspecified crimes, to protect them from Trump administration investigations.