The #HunterBiden Chronicles: All you need to know in 1 handy thread (via 2009 Chapter 3 #CultureOfCorruption)
1st job, acquired after daddy won 1996 Senate re-elex bid, was w/MBNA--top JB campaign finance donor that forked over ~$63k in bundled primary & general contributions. /1

By early 1998, Hunter was promoted to MBNA senior VP, then scored plum job in Clinton Commerce Dept before returning to MBNA as a high-priced “consultant.” While collecting consulting fees, Hunter became “founding partner” in lobbying firm of Oldaker, Biden & Belair in 2002. /2

Oldaker was JB's former campaign treasurer & general counsel--a Beltway barnacle whose Dem machine days dated back to Teddy Kennedy’s 1980 prez bid. Under Oldaker, Hunter lobbied for #BigPharma & universities to the tune of nearly $4 million billed to the company by 2007. /3

Hunter was appointed to multiple corporate board positions, incl. Eudora Global--investment firm founded by Jeffrey Cooper, head of mega-asbestos-litigation firm. SimmonsCooper donated hundreds of thousands of $$$ to Sen. Biden, as well as to Hunter's Del. state AG bro Beau. /4

Hunter then nailed top job at Paradigm Global Advisors hedge fund holding co. w/Joe's brother, James, & marketed by convicted finance fraudster Allen Stanford. Hunter oversaw half a billion of client $ while still a lobbyist at Oldaker, Biden & Belair. Paradigm went bust./5

Continually failing upward, Hunter snagged a seat on board of directors of taxpayer-subsidized, stimulus-inflated Amtrak, where he pretended not to be a lobbyist, but rather an “effective advocate” for govt railroad system serving the 1 percenters’ D.C.-NYC corridor. /6

In 2013, Navy issued Hunter a waiver for drug offense before commissioning him as a public affairs officer at age 43. Also issued age waiver so he could secure cushy part-time job.

In 2014, he was booted from Navy Reserve for cocaine use. Cronyism has its privileges! /7