Despite Hunter's looming trial, a sensational report claimed indulgent Joe Biden refuses to cut the purse strings, RadarOnline.com has learned.

"Hunter's splashing around in the ocean, hitting up the trendiest stores in Malibu and Beverly Hills, and buying whatever his heart desires from expensive clothes and shoes to art supplies," an insider dished to the National Enquirer.

The source noted that Hunter's extravagant lifestyle "is said to be funded by Joe."