Joe Biden issued 806 individual pardons during his presidency, according to the Justice Department’s final clemency statistics. He also issued 4,165 commutations, which reduce sentences but are not pardons. There is an important complication: Biden also issued categorical pardons by proclamation, particularly for certain federal marijuana offenses and certain former service members convicted under an old military law. Those people are not included in the DOJ's 806 individual-pardon figure, so the total number of people who benefited from pardons is larger than 806. Biden family members pardoned: 6 Biden pardoned six members of his own family: 1. Hunter Biden, his son, on December 1, 2024. 2. James B. Biden, his brother. 3. Sara Jones Biden, James Biden's wife. 4. Valerie Biden Owens, his sister. 5. John T. Owens, Valerie's husband. 6. Francis W. "Frank" Biden, his brother. The final five were pardoned as Biden was leaving office in January 2025. The official presidential record confirms all five names and Biden's statement explaining his decision. Hunter's separate December pardon is also recorded in the presidential clemency records. So, in short: 806 individual pardons, including 6 members of Biden's family, plus thousands of commutations and additional people covered by categorical pardons. If you'd like, I can also break down exactly who Biden pardoned during his final 48 hours in office, including Fauci, Milley, the January 6 committee members, and his family.