Only a small number of Americans, 2 in 10, approve of President Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden.

An AP-NORC poll out Wednesday found that 22% of Americans are OK with the pardon after the president said he wouldn’t do so. While 51% say they disapprove, 18% say they neither approve nor disapprove.

More Democrats, 38%, back the president’s decision than independents, 12%, and Republicans, 7%.

Mr. Biden issued the pardon after his son was convicted of felony gun and tax charges this year. The pardon covers any crime Hunter has committed or may have committed in nearly an 11-year span.

“I respect President Biden, but I think he got this one wrong,” Rep. Greg Stanton, Arizona Democrat, posted on X. “This wasn’t a politically motivated prosecution. Hunter committed felonies and was convicted by a jury of his peers.”

Sen. Michael Bennet, Colorado Democrat, said the president’s decision “put personal interest ahead of duty and further erodes Americans’ faith that the justice system is fair and equal for all.”

Mr. Biden isn’t the first president to pardon a family member. President-elect Donald Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, toward the end of his first administration. Former President Bill Clinton pardoned his half-brother, Roger Clinton, on his last day in office.

• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.