The Times finally covers the Bidens’ scandals . . . years too late

A full 4½ years after The Post’s bombshell series on Hunter Biden’s influence-peddling schemes, The New York Times has deigned to take an interest in the former First Son’s corruption.

On Friday, the Times reported that in 2016 (nine years ago!), Hunter used his connections at the Obama State Department (and his sway as the son of the then-vice president) to try to set up a meeting with an Italian official “to resolve regulatory hurdles to geothermal energy projects” that his then-employer Burisma “was pursuing in the Tuscany region.”

He tried to use his dad’s influence to fix problems at the job he only landed because of his dad: Classic Hunter.

We’d say the Times’ willingness to at long last cover this comes better late than never, but it only published the story now that it doesn’t remotely matter anymore.

Other publications (including and especially this one) did all the real work uncovering Hunter’s sleaze when it was still relevant; back then, the Times was busy “debunking” our reporting.

As recently as last June, years after it came to light that the FBI had confirmed the laptop’s authenticity, the Times claimed “many claims about the laptop’s contents have not been proved.”

But the Bidens shipped off to the island of political irrelevancy on Jan. 20, and it became perfectly safe for the Democratic establishment and its media lapdogs to treat Hunter like the sleaze he’s always been.

At this point, the Grey Lady isn’t exposing anything, just (at best) trying to patch its own reputation: See? We cover Democrats’ scandals, too!

Pretty embarrassing, if any decision-makers at the Times can still feel any shame at serving as a PR firm for the Democrats.

The Gray Lady needs to revise its slogan: How about “All the news that’s fit to print — once it’s no longer news”?