Melania Trump threatens to sue Hunter Biden over ‘salacious’ Epstein comments

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with police officers in Los Angeles (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

US first lady Melania Trump has demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and threatened to sue if he does not.

Ms Trump takes issue with two comments Mr Biden, son of former president Joe Biden, made in an interview this month with American journalist Andrew Callaghan.