Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden arrive at the federal court during his trial on criminal gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 5, 2024.Â
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Hunter Biden will be sentenced in his criminal gun case in Delaware eight days after the 2024 presidential election, a federal judge said Friday.
Biden, the sole surviving son of President Joe Biden, will be sentenced Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m. ET in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, according to the scheduling order from Judge Maryellen Noreika.
A jury in June found the 54-year-old Hunter Biden guilty of three criminal counts related to his purchase and possession of a revolver while being an illegal drug user.
He is the first child of a sitting U.S. president ever to be convicted of crimes.
Biden faces another criminal trial in September in Los Angeles federal court, where he is charged with nine counts stemming from his alleged failure to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes over several years.
Biden’s legal troubles and salacious past drew significant attention as his father ran for reelection against former President Donald Trump, who appointed Noreika to her judicial seat.
President Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, undercutting his son’s usefulness to Republicans as a political weapon.
The president endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the race against Trump on the same day he quit the election contest.
On Friday, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said that Harris had won enough delegate votes to secure the party’s nomination, although the results are not yet official. The official announcement of the results is scheduled for Monday.
Trump in the spring became the first former president to be convicted of a crime. He is awaiting sentencing in that case, where a New York state court jury found him guilty of falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
