Criticism is mounting over Hunter Biden's part in pushing Joe Biden to seek a second term while the former president was likely already sick with the cancer now spreading through his body — bad for the Biden family's standing and for what's left of the party's credibility on the issue.

• Hunter Biden is being called one of the main reasons his father ran again, despite signs of terminal prostate cancer.
• The charge is that this was a failure both to the country and to his own family.
• Had Biden won, he would now be dying in office.
• Campaign insiders told donors Biden was sharper and healthier than the people in the room — a claim that looks indefensible now.

Outlook: Expect more pressure on Hunter Biden and Biden's inner circle to answer for what they knew about his health and when.