Defense attorneys indicated on Monday that Hunter Biden won’t testify in his gun trial, as President Joe Biden’s only living son faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
Hunter was charged with three crimes in connection with his purchase of a handgun in October 2018. Prosecutors argue that because Hunter was a drug addict, he should have checked a box indicating such on a form he filled out prior to purchasing the firearm, and not doing so amounted to making a false statement material to a firearms sale and making a false statement in a firearms transaction record, Reuters reported. Those are the first two charges against Hunter. The third relates to Hunter allegedly violating a law banning drug users and addicts from possessing firearms.
Two of the counts against Hunter each carry a maximum sentence of 10 years, while the other count carries a maximum sentence of 5 years, NBC…
