Joe Biden can’t keep dodging questions of corruption — talk Big Guy!

There are 472 days until the 2024 presidential election.

Does Joe Biden really think he can camp in the White House basement until then, dodging every question about his son Hunter, foreign bribes and Department of Justice coverups?

He may try to hide behind the skirts of MSNBC anchors, but Americans are demanding answers on a series of scandalous revelations:

• The head of Ukrainian gas company Burisma laid out in stark terms to a credible FBI informant exactly when he had Hunter Biden on the payroll. He needed the then-vice president’s son to solve problems and get a prosecutor fired.

• We know Hunter was paid this money; it’s documented. We also know he had no expertise in oil and gas, was addicted to drugs, and dropped his father’s name with clients. So what other possible reason was there for him to be paid by Burisma except to influence Joe?

• But when investigators tried to probe the $17 million Hunter Biden made from foreign clients, they were blocked at every turn, testified two IRS whistleblowers. Hunter was tipped off to a possible interview. Agents were told they couldn’t search the Biden home. Felony charges were suddenly downgraded to misdemeanors. A whole IRS team of probers was sidelined after years of work.

• After spending years praising the “courage” of whistleblowers against Donald Trump, Democrats now impugn these on-the-record government employees, blasting their testimony without disputing it.

• Former Hunter business partner Tony Bobulinski said he met with Joe Biden about a possible deal with China-based energy firm CEFC. Emails confirm Joe was set to enter a partnership with Hunter and Bobulinski after leaving office.

• Despite this, and despite the fact that Joe was in charge of Ukraine policy while serving as veep, the senior Biden has said repeatedly he “never” talked about business with his son. How is that credible?

None of this is rumor or conspiracy theory. It’s backed up with bank records, pictures, witnesses, even Joe Biden’s own words.

Unlike the final days of the 2020 election, when 51 former intelligence officers aligned with the Democrats tried to sabotage the Hunter scoops, no one is buying that this is “Russian disinformation” or a “hoax.”

Congressional investigators will continue to probe where the money went, and should call for an end to Hunter Biden’s sweetheart deal.

But it’s also long past time for the president to answer tough questions.

If he doesn’t, it means he has no good answers. And if the media fails to ask them, it’s journalistic malpractice.

We offer a few inquiries to get started:

1. Bank records show that Hunter Biden not only paid himself from foreign companies, he also paid other family members — such as your daughter-in-law — and household bills in Delaware. How much of your family’s lifestyle was paid by Hunter?

1. Do you deny that you met with Tony Bobulinski to discuss a business opportunity with a Chinese energy firm after you left office?
2. You claim you pushed for the Ukrainian prosecutor to be fired because he was corrupt. So why would the Burisma executive say you did it as a favor for him?
3. Mykola Zlochevsky says he spoke directly with you at least twice. What did you discuss?
4. You’ve bragged that you have a transparent administration. So will you investigate the allegations of the two IRS whistleblowers?
   And perhaps one of the most important questions Joe Biden has neither been asked, nor answered:
5. Let’s say it’s true that you didn’t profit at all from your son’s business. Why would you allow him to sell the Biden name around the world? Why would you not prevent him from serving on the board of a Ukrainian gas company at the exact time you as vice president were dealing with Ukraine?
   This is just a start, of course. But the dam has broken. Joe Biden and the Democrats cannot pretend this is a farce and that the stink of Hunter Biden doesn’t extend to his entire family.
   It’s time for the Big Guy to talk.