Hunter Biden son of President of the United States of America Joe Biden was found guilty by a Delaware jury on all three counts of lying about his drug addiction while purchasing a gun in 2018. Here’s Who Hunter Biden Is
Hunter Biden found guilty on all three counts: US president’s son faces up to 25 years in prison
Who is he
Hunter Biden, son of Joe Biden and his first wife Neila Hunter, was born February 4, 1970 in Wilmington. Two years after his birth, his younger sister Naomi and his mother died in a car accident. Biden attended Archmere Academy Catholic high school in Claymont, Delaware. He graduated with a bachelor of arts in history from Georgetown University in 1992. The year following his graduation, he served as a Jesuit volunteer at a church in Portland, Oregon, where he met Kathleen Buhle, whom he married in 1993. After attending Georgetown University Law Center for a year, he transferred to Yale Law School, graduating in 1996.
Career
Hunter Biden was a co-founder of Rosemont Seneca Partners, an international consulting firm. From July 26, 2006 to January 29, 2009, he also served as vice president of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Until October 2019, he served on the board of directors of BHR Partners, a Chinese private investment fund and was also a member of the board of directors of Burisma Holdings from 2014 to 2019.
Substance addiction
Joe Biden’s son has long struggled with alcohol and drug addiction. In an interview, he said: “There is addiction in every family. I was in this darkness. I was in this tunnel, an endless tunnel. You don’t get rid of it. You understand how to deal with it». Biden released a memoir where he describes his struggles with addiction, titled Beautiful Things and released on April 6, 2021.
Trial
The eldest son was found guilty for an event dating back to 2018 when he was investigated for crimes related to the illegal possession of a weapon, purchased by lying about his drug consumption, on which he was addicted, and for tax crimes. This is the first time that the son of a sitting president has been tried and found guilty. Hunter Biden now faces a sentence of up to 25 years in prison and a $750,000 fine.
Private life
Biden married Kathleen Buhle in 1993 with whom he had three daughters: Naomi, Finnegan and Maisy. The couple separated in 2015 and officially divorced in 2017. Hunter Biden then began dating Hallie Biden, the widow of his brother Beau, in 2016 but the relationship ended in 2019. In May 2019, Biden married South African director Melissa Cohen. Their son, Beau, was born in March 2020 in Los Angeles.
The case of paternity
Hunter Biden is the father of a child born to Lunden Alexis Roberts in Arkansas in August 2018. Biden initially denied paternity of the child, but a DNA test, conducted as part of a paternity suit filed in May 2019 by Roberts, confirmed the woman’s version that he was the father.
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