In a startling revelation, House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik brought to light a controversial photograph, this raising serious questions about then-Vice President Biden’s involvement with Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine.

The photograph, taken aboard Air Force Two during Biden’s contentious 2015 trip to Ukraine, shows him in conversation with Amos Hochstein, who is currently serving as President Biden’s special presidential coordinator.

The photograph, captured by White House photographer David Lienemann, was taken en route to Kiev on Dec. 6, 2015. This was the same trip where Biden allegedly threatened to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid unless Ukraine fired its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin.

The timing and context of this photograph have raised eyebrows, given Hochstein’s reported communication with Hunter Biden and his associates at Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, where Hunter served on the board.

The saga began in the summer of 2014 when Hunter joined the board of Burisma.

Shortly after, he and his associates at Burisma and his now-defunct Rosemont Seneca Partners discussed reaching out to Hochstein for contacts who could help navigate a new tax in Ukraine on private energy companies.

This move came after the Ukrainian parliament voted in favor of raising the tax for private gas producers, causing concern among Burisma executives.

Fast forward to November 2014, Hochstein attended a meeting at Biden’s Naval Observatory residence, according to White House visitor logs.

The following day, Eric Schwerin, then-president of Rosemont Seneca Partners, sent Hunter a link to Hochstein’s biography on the State Department’s website, further solidifying their connection.

In 2015, Hochstein reportedly raised concerns with both Biden and Hunter that Hunter’s position on Burisma’s board enabled Russian disinformation efforts and risked undermining U.S. policy in Ukraine.

These concerns were voiced during multiple meetings at the White House, as evidenced by visitor logs.

The controversy deepens with the revelation that on the same day Hunter introduced his father to Burisma executive Pozharskyi and other business associates from Kazakhstan and Russia during a dinner at Café Milano in Washington, D.C., Hochstein met with Biden.

The day after the dinner, Hunter received an email from Pozharskyi thanking him for the opportunity to meet his father.

The saga culminated in December 2015 when Biden visited Ukraine and threatened to withhold aid if Shokin, who was investigating Burisma, was not fired.

Three months later, Shokin was indeed fired, a move that Biden later boasted about, claiming it demonstrated his foreign policy skills.