Hunter Biden, the president's son, is on trial in federal court for lying about his illegal drug use on gun purchase applications. Testimony from his ex-wife and ex-girlfriends has described his drug-addicted nature, his hunting for dealers on the street, and his withdrawal of large amounts of cash from banks.
Hallie Biden, the widow of Biden's brother Beau, who was in a relationship with Biden in the fall of 2018 when the gun was purchased, described his erratic behavior, his possession of blocks of crack cocaine “the size of a ping-pong ball, maybe bigger,” and her desperate urging for him to go to rehab. Like Biden, she is in recovery.
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