But Hunter’s real legal troubles started in October 2018 when he bought a .38-caliber pistol from a gun shop in Wilmington, Delaware. Although he claimed on a US government form that he was not using drugs at the time of the purchase, it later emerged that Hunter was still struggles with his addiction crack cocaine.
Hallie Biden was investigated discarded the firearm in a garbage can outside a supermarket near her home.
Hunter was finally found guilty of three federal weapons charges on June 11, 2024, after being indicted in September 2023.
The charges include one count of making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm, one count of making a false statement regarding information required to be retained by a federally licensed firearms dealer, and one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.
