House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told Hunter Biden's attorney, Abbe D. Lowell, on Friday, that a House Oversight Committee hearing on alleged influence peddling and the Biden family's business dealings "will proceed forward — with or without Mr. Biden" next week, after Lowell said the president's son would not attend.

Comer had invited Biden and business associates Tony Bobulinski, Devon Archer and Jason Galanis to testify at a public hearing at 10 a.m. on March 20. 

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, departs a House Oversight Committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2024. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

All four individuals have already testified behind closed doors as part of the impeachment inquiry, but Comer said the public hearing would, "examine inconsistencies among the witnesses’ testimonies in order to get the truth for the American people."