First lady Jill Biden arrived Tuesday morning at a Delaware courthouse where her son, Hunter Biden, is on trial on federal gun chargers.
The first lady attended the first day of the trial Monday after she and President Biden spent Sunday night at their home in Wilmington, Del., where the trial is taking place. The president has not attended the trial.
Tuesday may be Jill Biden’s last appearance in the Delaware courthouse this week. She’s expected back at the White House for the Congressional Picnic at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday and then is expected to travel to France for engagements with the president.
Hunter Biden, 54, is facing charges for lying on a federal form when he bought a gun in 2018. He wrote on the form that he was not a drug user, despite being addicted to cocaine at the time.
Twelve jurors and four alternates were selected Monday in the first of what could be two federal criminal trials. Prospective jurors from a slate of Delaware residents were questioned over their views on gun rights, political prosecutions and whether the defendant’s father could influence their ability to be fair and impartial.
The younger Biden was joined in the courthouse on Monday by his wife, Melissa, and sister, Ashley Biden, as well as his brother-in-law, Peter Neal.
Republicans have repeatedly used him as a target for political attacks, attempting to tie his business dealings directly to Biden to paint the entire family as corrupt. But those efforts have failed to turn up substantive evidence of wrongdoing, derailing an impeachment inquiry in the House over the past year.