A jury convicted Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, of all three counts at his criminal gun trial in Delaware federal court on Tuesday morning.
Hunter Biden, 54, was found guilty of making a false statement in connection with the sale of a firearm, a false statement in a firearms transaction, and possessing a firearm while being a drug user or drug addict.
The charges relate to his purchase of a handgun while being an active user of illegal drugs.
Biden looked straight ahead at the jury and nodded slightly as three guilty verdicts were read.
First lady Jill Biden entered the courtroom after the verdict was announced, as did his aunt, Valerie Biden Owens.
Biden’s wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, was in the room when the verdict was read out.
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs from the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 3 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden is standing trial for felony gun charges.
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The verdict came after about three hours of deliberations. Jurors began deliberating on Monday afternoon after hearing closing arguments from prosecutors and Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, and instructions from Judge Maryellen Noreika.
Noreika said she would set Biden’s sentencing date later.
He faces a maximum possible prison sentence of 10 years on two of the felony counts, and a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison on the third count.
President Biden is due to speak about gun control at an event in Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon.
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden and U.S. first lady Jill Biden leave the federal court after the jury finds him guilty on all three counts in his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024.
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Biden is separately charged in Los Angeles federal court with failing to pay taxes on more than $1.4 million in income over several years.
He is due to stand trial in that case in September, two months before his father faces the Republican Donald Trump in the presidential election.
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