Hunter Biden is President Joe Biden’s youngest son, and his indictment last September marked the first time in US history that the Justice Department has charged the child of a sitting president.
Hunter Biden has had a longtime battle with crack cocaine addiction — which he and the president have publicly spoken about — and it is at the center of this case.
He has been charged with making false statements on a federal firearms form and possession of a firearm as a prohibited person related to a gun he purchased in 2018 despite struggling with crack addiction at the time of purchase — and then lying about it on the form.
In a 2021 memoir, Biden detailed a 2018 relapse, how meeting his wife Melissa Cohen eventually led him to seek help, and the support of his father, including an intervention led by the president and first lady at their Delaware home.
“He grabbed me, swung me around, and hugged me. He held me tight in the dark and cried for the longest time,” Hunter Biden wrote in his book, referring to his father.
Hunter Biden is a graduate of Yale Law school and spent several years at a law and lobbying firm, worked at the US Commerce Department, and as a part of the board of directors at Amtrak, among other gigs.
He also served on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company, which Republicans have used to tout unverified bribery allegations against him and the president.
CNN’s Daniel Dale contributed to this post.
