India, July 5 -- New book reveals that as legal trouble mounted for Hunter Biden last year, the then-first son reportedly begged the Democratic National Committee to cover his ballooning legal fees.

The upcoming political tell-all, 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America claims the DNC declined, even though it had already been footing the legal bill for President Joe Biden's separate classified documents investigation.

The book, written by journalists Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf, cites that by mid-2024, Hunter's legal situation had become increasingly dire.

The former son's longtime backer and friend, Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris, nicknamed his "sugar brother", had already paid off over $...