Embattled former First Son Hunter Biden offered an extensive defense of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, arguing that his critics should be the first to reveal the contents of their own phones. Biden, speaking with Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), explained away everything from Platner’s Nazi-inspired tattoo to his apparent history of troubling behavior with women before arguing that he made up for any shortcomings by taking appealing political positions. Biden also suggested that Platner’s issues were irrelevant anyway, since the people raising concerns about him were probably equally dirty. WATCH: Newsom raised the question about Platner, who has faced a number of controversies since he rose to the top of the heap in Maine, asking Biden what he made of the way things had played out in recent weeks. “What do think in the context of authenticity versus the audacity frame of Platner as a — as, you know, an example?” Newsom asked, referencing Platner’s tattoo and vulgar comments he’d made on social media. Biden began by attributing Platner’s previous behavior to his military service and his struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, alluding to his own troubled history as a drug addict and suggesting that he of all people would recognize someone who was trying to right his own course. “He’s not saying something new today that he wasn’t saying four months ago,” Biden said. “Or five months ago, which is this: he was a veteran, a combat veteran, and when he came back he had some real issues with PTSD, and that trauma, and whatever way that he was working it out, I think he has been really open about … he wasn’t a good person.” Biden then compared Platner’s struggles to his own, saying that he knew how much “stamina” and “courage” it took to turn things around. He went on to declare that he was “99% certain that Graham Platner is no Nazi,” and argued that people should stay out of the Maine Democrat’s relationship with his wife. “I always say to people, like, show me your phone,” Biden continued, and Newsom laughed. “Give me access to your iCloud. Let’s go through it and pull everything that we can that is inappropriate, that is off-color, that is — you know, that selfie that you took when you were drunk off your ass and you sent it to your blah, blah, blah. Like, show me your phone!” Biden argued that, by that standard, no one would ever be qualified to hold public office — and appeared to suggest that for that reason, people should ignore the furor around Platner. In his final defense, Biden said he did not believe Platner was abusive, and he was worth supporting because no matter what his personal issues might be, he supported things like government-provided free healthcare and sticking it to billionaires.