WILMINGTON, Del. — Hunter Biden, the eldest son of Biden, arrived at the federal courthouse in Wilmington on Monday morning where his gun trial is being held, with his stepmother, first lady Jill Biden, showing up shortly after to support him.
President Biden’s son walked into the courtroom at around 8:10 a.m. wearing a suit and tie and holding hands with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, with their lawyers following behind them.
Biden, who appeared calm and collected, didn’t say anything or answer questions from reporters until he was inside. As he arrived, his wife, wearing a pinstripe suit and large sunglasses, turned to smile at him.
Minutes after the couple, Jill Biden appeared at the courthouse wearing a purple suit.
Kevin Morris, a Hollywood lawyer who is Hunter’s eldest son’s main patron and is also known as Hunter’s “sugar brother,” had arrived earlier.
Hunter made history as the first child of a sitting president to stand trial, specifically for lying about being a crack cocaine addict while owning a gun.
Jury selection is set to begin Monday morning, with prosecutors from Special Counsel David Weiss’s office and lawyers for Biden’s successor seeking a panel of jurors who can decide the case fairly and impartially, regardless of political views.
Hunter, 54, faces three charges related to allegations he purchased a Colt Cobra .38-caliber revolver on Oct. 12, 2018, after denying in his application that he was using drugs at the time.
Biden’s son faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. He has pleaded not guilty.
Biden’s son, who is the subject of the controversy, also faces a separate trial in September in a federal lawsuit in California for allegedly evading $1.4 million in federal tax payments from 2016 to 2019, which he has since paid.
