Navy Joan Roberts got an early birthday gift from her paternal grandfather, Joe Biden, late yesterday. Not the Biden name, and definitely not a invitation to meet her grandparents.

Nope. Joe Biden decided to acknowledge that his granddaughter actually exists, exactly one month before her FIFTH birthday. It took Joe Biden – the family man who is being hounded because he loves his son so much, per the women on “The View” – nearly FIVE YEARS to acknowledge that his son Hunter, the alleged “smartest guy” Joe knows, has a fifth child living in Arkansas.

“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” President Biden said in a statement provided exclusively to PEOPLE.”

[I tell you what – the polling numbers and backlash had to be BRUTAL for this to happen. ~ Beege]