Hunter Biden's attorneys on Wednesday will continue their cross-examination of an FBI agent who detailed the president's son's alleged drug use through his own text messages, memoir and bank records during the first day of testimony in his federal gun trial. Members of the Biden family, including first lady Jill Biden, became emotional during the first day of testimony on Tuesday as excerpts from Hunter Biden's memoir, "Beautiful Things," played for jurors. In opening statements, prosecutors revealed personal details about Hunter Biden's addiction and the Biden family, including that he introduced his brother's widow Hallie Biden , with whom he became romantically involved, to crack cocaine.
Hunter Biden has been charged with three felonies stemming from his purchase of a revolver in October 2018. He is accused of making false statements on a federal gun form about his drug use, certifying he was not a user of or addicted to any controlled substance during a period when prosecutors allege he was addicted to crack cocaine. The gun was in his possession for 11 days before it was discarded in a trash can outside a grocery store by Hallie Biden.
"On October 12, 2018, when the defendant filled out that form, he knew he was a drug addict," prosecutor Derek Hines said during opening statements. "The law does not require us to prove that he was using drugs on that very day, just that he knew he was a drug user or a drug addict." Hunter Biden's attorneys have argued that prosecutors m.
