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WILMINGTON—Jury selection begins Monday in the gun trial of Joe Biden’s son Hunter, the first prosecution in US history for the child of a sitting president—just as the Democratic leader seeks to accelerate his reelection campaign.
The Yale-trained lawyer and lobbyist-turned-artist has been plagued by legal troubles and controversies, mostly connected to alcoholism and crack cocaine addiction, that have dragged on his father’s campaign. Jurors will hear about the defendant’s drug use as prosecutors run through events that led to him buying the firearm in Delaware.
“Someone, like Mr. Biden who had just completed an 11-day rehabilitation program and lived with a sober companion after that, could surely believe he was not a present tense user or addict.” Republican lawmakers have accused Hunter Biden of engaging in corrupt business practices in China and Ukraine, but he has not been charged with any crimes related to his foreign dealings.
“And I think the president himself will respect the verdict — much as it is painful, I’m sure, to see one of your children on trial.”
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