family in the public benches. among them, his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden, who is very close to hunter, sitting just a metre behind him. the family were talking to each other at various points during the proceedings. next up was mr biden pass lawyerfor during the proceedings. next up was mr biden pass lawyer for the defence, who set out to say that this case was all about the detail of what the form actually said, and the defence is that mr biden did not at the time consider himself as a user of drugs, or addicted to illegal drugs, because he said he had been in a rehab clinic in california before that period. when he tick that box to say that he wasn't a drug user, that was meant honestly. they are asking for the jury honestly. they are asking for the jury in that sense to throw out all of these charges. after that, we will be getting into another witness for the case, the first among those, a special agent for the fbi who was