Biden Plan to Brand Trump a Felon Is Hit by Son’s Conviction
- Hunter is first child of sitting president convicted of felony
- President has said he will respect verdict, won’t pardon son
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Hunter Biden, like Donald Trump, is now a convicted felon — a personal and political blow to his father, President Joe Biden, that complicates his 2024 campaign for reelection.
The younger Biden is the first child of a sitting US president convicted of a felony. He was found guilty of violating federal laws for illegally buying a gun during a period he was taking crack cocaine. Jurors delivered their verdict after deliberating for three hours, capping a one-week trial in a prosecution brought by his father’s own Justice Department.