in the US the president's son Hunter Biden has been found guilty of lying about his drug use to buy gun illegally the jury in the trial in Delaware convicted him on all three counts he could face a maximum of 25 years in jail Sarah Smith has been following the trial and reports now from wi Wilmington in the state of Delaware hand inand with his stepmother the first lady as well as his wife Hunter Biden left court a convicted felon this trial peppered with lure details about his private life and previous addiction to crack cocaine has clearly put great stress on the whole family Joe Biden appeared after the verdict ironically at a gun safety event not mentioning his son in a statement he said he loved Hunter and is proud of the man he is today he then set off to travel to Delaware to be with his son this evening during the trial prosecutors argued that Hunter Biden had committed a crime by lying on a form about his drug use when buying a revolver in October 2018 that gun along with remnants of crack and drug paraphernalia were discovered in his car by his then partner hi Biden who was also his sister-in-law the Widow of his brother Bo who died of cancer 3 years earlier prosecutors showed video of her trying to dispose of the weapon in a dumpster and she told the court I realize it was a stupid idea now but I was panicking why did you panic asked the prosecutor because I didn't want him to hurt himself and I didn't want my kids to find it and hurt themselves Hunter Biden had already described his drug addiction in a book excerpts of the audio version read by the author himself were played in court smoking crack cocaine every 3 days soon became smoking every 2 days then every other day then every hour of every day his defense argued that Hunter Biden wasn't using drugs around the time he bought the gun but the jury rejected that Donald Trump insists he was only conin icted because President Biden's using the legal system to persecute his political opponent claims that are undermined by the guilty verdict against the president's own son thank you very much the justice department say they care only about the law not politics no one in this country is above the law everyone must be accountable for their actions even this defendant however Hunter Biden should be no more accountable than any other citizen convicted of this same conduct Hunter Biden's willful refusal to comply with Hunter Biden has also been investigated by republicans in Congress who accuse him of pedling influence whilst his father was vice president no charges have resulted from that and attempts to impeach Joe Biden in connection with his son's business dealings have come to nothing now President Biden has now arrived in Delaware and he was greeted by Hunter Biden his wife and his son and they're all spending the evening in the family home here in Delaware and it just shows you how close-knit this family is and how worried the president must be about his son sentencing isn't going to happen in this case for a few months Hunter Biden could be sent to jail for these crimes but it is very unlikely as it is his first offense but he is still facing another criminal trial in September this one for tax avoidance for failing to pay more than a million dollars in tax and that's going to be happening in the runup to the presidential election in November which is just one more thing for his father to be worrying about