The White House says presidential son Hunter Biden will remain unaware of the identities of buyers of his paintings, amid ongoing controversy over the top-dollar price tags at which many of his works of art are appraised.

The younger Biden’s paintings have been priced at high values ranging from $75,000 to $500,000. Critics have claimed that the sale of the paintings presents thorny ethical issues for the Biden administration. 

At a press conference Friday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that whoever the buyers of the paintings are, neither the White House nor Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will be aware of their identities. 

“The selling of his art will all happen through … the gallerist, and the names and individuals will be kept confidential.” Psaki said. “We will not be aware of [the identities], neither will he be aware of [them].”

Hunter Biden has faced criticism about appearing to try to profit off the family name – particular over his high-paying job with Ukraine natural gas company Burisma Holding while his father was vice president. 

Further pressed on whether the identity of the buyers could become known, Psaki said Hunter Biden and the administration “will not know who purchases his art.”

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The Biden administration is acknowledging working with social media platforms on what it considers “problematic” posts related to COVID-19.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday acknowledged the effort. 

“We’ve increased disinformation research and tracking within the Surgeon General’s Office. We are flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation,” she said.

Psaki also said administration officials are in “regular touch” with the platforms and such interactions are typically handled by senior staff and members of the administration’s COVID-19 team.

“This is a big issue, of misinformation, specifically on the pandemic,” she said, after Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy made similar remarks.

Psaki also suggested Facebook must move faster to remove such posts and those that violate company guidelines, while Murthy said platforms should purge pandemic-related misinformation – much of which is reportedly being spread by a surprising few accounts.

“We’re asking [social media companies] to consistently take action against misinformation super-spreaders on their platforms,” Murthy said. 

Murthy has also issued a Surgeon General’s advisory on misinformation, which he says leads to people resisting mask-wearing and turning down vaccines and other proven treatments.

The advisory calls health misinformation an urgent public health crisis.