https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964),[1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the freedom of speech protections in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution restrict the ability of American public officials to sue for defamation.[2] Specifically, it held that if a plaintiff in a defamation lawsuit is a public official or person running for public office, not only must he or she prove the normal elements of defamation—publication of a false defamatory statement to a third party—he or she must also prove that the statement was made with "actual malice", meaning that the defendant either knew the statement was false or recklessly disregarded whether or not it was true.[3][4]

But the text of the ad is vague enough with respect to him that they might be able to weasel out of a claim of defamation as to him. Since the target is Joe and not Hunter the really foul allegations are aimed at Joe.

A limited public figure can include someone being prominently featured in a news story.

Then Benedict Donald approves this message.

He did the same thing to Hillary.

and Obama.

Then fox reports it as news.

There's truth in advertising. Should be truth in politics.

This is the same ad that Trump has on his Twitter page. I chose not to post it here for what I am sure will be seen as "obvious reasons."

In gd.

This false narrative stuff plays with his base but not far beyond that

These baseless attacks reek of desperation.

... drag Biden into the dirt Trump is in.

They're going to the point of making up crap now about him and his son, there's no there there.

Via Ukraine. As if he and Giuliani are the hero’s who uncovered corruption.

Trumpworld expected Biden to be the nominee last spring, so they set about the business of manufacturing unethical behavior and corruption in the Ukraine. The whistleblower messed up their timing, so, now they have to defend themselves publicly by spreading their own narrative. The news media isn’t helping them this time, so, not surprised they started running these ads to get their storyline against Biden out.

This isn’t an electoral politics ad, this is a buy what we’re selling ad - and they’re selling their excuse to do Putin’s bidding reUkraine.

Wasn't aware that MSNBC showed his bs ads.

Any lie for the right mount of money.

of Biden:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287294869

What amazed me is that they paid to run the ad on MSNBC. Trump's campaign does know who watches MSNBC - right?

We are in a race against time to save this great experiment.

Link to tweet

Few (if any) voters will believe it.