Biden's Son Resigns Lobbyist Job

Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son Hunter has stopped working as a federal lobbyist, work that had made him a Republican target in the presidential contest.

“I no longer expect to act as a federal lobbyist,” Hunter Biden said in a letter to the Clerk of the House and the Senate Office of Public Records. The letter is dated Aug. 25 and was made public Friday.

While some in the news media have focused on Replublican John McCain's association with former lobbyists, there's been little mention of the high profile lobbying done by Biden's son.

Presidential candidate Barack Obama, who chose Biden as his running mate last month, has been a vocal critic of rival McCain’s ties to lobbyists. In a television ad Friday, Obama repeated criticisms of McCain for having current and former prominent lobbyists on his campaign staff.

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