Hunter Biden's defense team called Naomi Biden, his daughter with ex-wife Kathleen Buhle, to testify Friday at his trial on charges related to his October 2018 purchase of a firearm . Much of the questioning focused on a trip Hunter Biden took to New York to exchange cars with his daughter, who had borrowed his truck for a few days during the window of time in October that Hunter Biden was in possession of the gun. Over the weekend or on Monday morning, Hunter Biden's lawyers will reveal whether he'll take the stand in his own defense.
President Biden's brother, James "Jimmy" Biden was expected to testify Friday, but the court adjourned earlier than expected. If Hunter Biden testifies, prosecutors indicated they may call an additional witness. Hunter Biden's lawyers asked Naomi Biden about her interactions with her father in August and October 2018.
Naomi Biden, who is also a lawyer, testified about seeing her father in Los Angeles in August 2018, after not having seen him for an extended period of time. She said she and her boyfriend Peter Neal, who is now her husband , drove from Wyoming to see her father while he was in rehab for drug addiction. They met at the end of August in a coffee shop with his sober coach for lunch.
"He seemed like the clearest that I had seen him since my uncle died," she said. "I told him that I was so proud of him and I was so proud to introduce Peter to him." She later described an interaction with him in mid-October 2018 in New York, when they .