NOVELTY - Process (A) for producing branched paraffin-rich diesel boiling range product comprises: (a) treating renewable feedstock in first reaction zone by hydrogenating and deoxygenating; (b) separating gaseous stream and remainder stream; (c) recycling first portion of remainder stream to first reaction zone; (d) introducing heated second portion of remainder stream to second reaction zone to isomerize n-paraffins; (e) combining formed branched paraffin-rich stream with gaseous stream; (f) cooling and separating gaseous component; and (g) recovering liquid diesel boiling range component.    USE - The process is useful for producing a branched paraffin-rich diesel boiling range product from a renewable feedstock (claimed), which is useful as diesel fuel.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Process (A) for producing a branched paraffin-rich diesel boiling range product from a renewable feedstock comprises: (a) treating the renewable feedstock in a first reaction zone by hydrogenating and deoxygenating the renewable feedstock using a catalyst at reaction conditions in the presence of hydrogen to provide a first reaction zone product stream comprising hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and a hydrocarbon fraction comprising n-paraffins; (b) separating, in a hot high pressure hydrogen stripper, a gaseous stream comprising hydrogen and at least a portion of the water and carbon oxides from the first reaction zone product stream, and a remainder stream comprising at least the n-paraffins; (c) recycling a first portion of the remainder stream to the first reaction zone; (d) heat exchanging a second portion of the remainder stream with the first reaction zone product stream and introducing a heated second portion of the remainder stream to a second reaction zone to contact an isomerization catalyst at isomerization conditions to isomerize at least the n-paraffins and generate a branched paraffin-rich stream; (e) combining the branched paraffin-rich stream and the gaseous stream to form a combined stream; (f) cooling the combined stream and separating a gaseous component comprising at least hydrogen and carbon dioxide from a liquid diesel boiling range component; and (g) recovering the liquid diesel boiling range component. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a process (B) for producing a branched paraffin-rich diesel boiling range product from a renewable feedstock comprising: step (a) as above per se, where the first reaction zone comprises at least two stages connected by an interstage stream; steps (b), (c) as above per se; (d) heat exchanging a second portion of the remainder stream with the interstage stream and the first reaction zone product stream and introducing a heated second portion of the remainder stream to a second reaction zone to contact an isomerization catalyst at isomerization conditions to isomerize at least the n-paraffins and generate a branched paraffin-rich stream comprising; and steps (e)-(g) as above per se.