I found this:
"While he was President, Joe Biden did not pardon anyone for a state crime. The President of the United States only has the constitutional authority to grant clemency for "Offences against the United States," meaning federal crimes".
For a state-level conviction, the power to grant a pardon or clemency rests with the state's appropriate authority, such as the governor or a state clemency board.
All of President Biden's pardons and commutations, including categorical pardons for simple marijuana possession offenses, applied strictly to federal convictions or offenses under the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice. Any efforts to apply a presidential pardon to state charges are legally meaningless.
These official guides explain that the President can only pardon federal crimes, not state crimes:
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