 The pardon can happen any time. You can do it right now. He could do it a month from now. If he manages to make it to November, Joe Biden, and loses, he could do it between that race and January when he leaves. Play a time to pardon Hunter. No, he wants his dad to be president. He urged his father to run back in 2016. By the way, you know who tried to talk him out of running in 2016? Barack Obama.