Hunter Biden says he won’t back down from cage fight with Don Jr. and Eric Trump
Former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden said he is “100% prepared” for a potential cage match with President Donald Trump’s sons.
It’s an event that would make Thrilla in Manila promoters salivate.
Former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden challenged President Donald Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump to a cage fight on Thursday, April 9, the latest chapter in the ongoing feud between the political circles.
Hunter Biden said he received a call from filmmaker and content creator Andrew Callahan who told him he was trying to organize a fight against the Trump brothers.
“I think he’s trying to organize a cage match, me vs. Eric and Don Jr.,” Biden said of Callahan’s efforts on social media. “I told him if I could do it, I would do it 100 percent.”
Callahan said in an email to USA TODAY that he believes Hunter Biden’s comments were “a joke,” but that he is “willing to facilitate” a cage fight if Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are “willing to engage Hunter in mutual combat.”
It is unclear if and when the match will take place.
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have not responded to the challenge on social media as of April 9th at 10pm ET. USA TODAY has reached out to the Trump Organization for comment.
The comments were made in a video in which Hunter Biden announced that he would appear at the C5 Carnival event in Phoenix, San Diego and Albuquerque, New Mexico at the end of April. Callihan has interviewed Hunter Biden multiple times on Channel 5’s Andrew Callahan’s YouTube show since Joe Biden left the White House.
In 2025, first lady Melania Trump threatened to sue Hunter Biden over claims in a Channel 5 interview that Biden was introduced to her husband by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Mr. Epstein introduced Melania to Mr. Trump, and the connections are very wide and deep,” Hunter Biden said at the time. USA TODAY reported that the first lady described the allegations in her legal notice as “false, derogatory, defamatory and inflammatory.”
This potential bout could be seen as a promotional equivalent to the 1975 “Thrilla in Manila” bout between boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, and is reminiscent of a cage match that never materialized involving tech kingpins Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. The White House is scheduled to host a UFC event on June 14 as part of a series of events celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States.
Contributor: Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY; Reuters
