The president is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 other people who were convicted of nonviolent crimes, the White House said.

President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who was convicted on tax evasion and federal gun charges and is due for sentencing in December. Despite the White House's assurances last month that the president had no intentions of pardoning his son, the announcement came through on Sunday evening that he had pardoned him.