(Columbia, SC)—His presidential campaign marching into oblivion faster than a dog-faced pony soldier, Democrat Joe Biden today called his scandal-ridden son, Hunter, and asked for a job. “Hunter, it’s Dad,” reporters overheard Mr. Biden say as he pulled out a cell phone at an early-morning campaign stop. “No… no… no… it’s nothing to do with testifying in front of Congress. Son, what I think I’m going to need is a job.”

“Yeah, do you know of any work over there in Ukraine? At Burisma, or some other company? You know, I scratched your back by getting you that job in the first place, and, son of a gun but if I didn’t get them to fire that prosecutor who was breathing down your neck.”

“I’m just going to need something to do, some way to make a lot of money for little work. I’m about to have a lot of time on my hands, it looks like. I don’t want to just sit around and listen to the record player and watch VHS tapes all day. You know, a guy my age…. I thought I had this presidency thing pretty much lined up—and that’s a big money maker, as Barack will tell you—but that damn liar, Fatso Trump looks like he’s got this thing in the bag.”

“What? Uh, I don’t know about that line of work son… What? Like Clint Eastwood in The Mule? Yeah, yeah, I saw that movie, and it looked like easy work for an old guy, but he got caught in the end, remember? Yeah, I know you know guys in that business… but gee willikers.”

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