Coverage of this event has ended. Get live updates from Hunter Biden's gun trial here.
Coverage of this event has ended. Get live updates from Hunter Biden's gun trial here. What to know about Hunter Biden's criminal trial Hunter Biden's criminal trial continued today with opening statements and the first witness testimony. The president's only surviving son faces three charges tied to the possession of a gun while using narcotics and has pleaded not guilty. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika is overseeing the proceedings. The witness, FBI agent Erika Jensen, testified about the authenticity of Hunter Biden's laptop, which has been the subject of rumors and speculation online for years. Jensen said the laptop contained evidence of Hunter Biden's drug and gun purchase. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell said the prosecutors will have to prove that Hunter Biden "knowingly" broke the law and that he was in a "deep state of denial" about his addiction. Lowell also sought to undercut two of the prosecution's key witnesses: the man who sold Hunter Biden the gun and Hallie Biden, the widow of Beau Biden. Hallie and Hunter Biden had a romantic relationship about Beau's death. In a dramatic courthouse scene, Hunter Biden's wife, Melissa Cohen-Biden, confronted a former Trump White House aide, calling him a "Nazi piece of s---."