specifically prove to the jury that hunter biden was used using drugs around the time that he bought this gun, october 2018 and to do that, they have some testimony expected from some of his x is x s is x romantic partners, including his ex-wife and halley biden, who is the widow of his brother, bo biden, who according to prosecutors, can tell the jury that yes, he was using drugs in october 2018 when he bought the gun. they also have texts from his laptop and passages from his memoir where he very honestly described the day-to-day grip of his crack cocaine addiction. so prosecutors are going to be using in that against him, allison and you re right. he has been open about it and public about it, which is extremely admirable and he s attacked republicans and four, for trying to weaponize his addiction. but in the courtroom the prosecutors will need to prove that he was using drugs
very public about his lifelong struggle with alcoholism and his very, very serious struggle with crack cocaine addiction. he wrote a memoir about it in 2021, describing the depths and the grip of the addiction, describing this as one of the absolute lowest periods of his life. that is what s going to be scrutinized in this case. prosecutors, by the way, jessica, they are going to use some excerpts of that memoir against hunter biden to try to convince the jury that yes, he was using drugs when he bought that gun, and therefore, he should be convicted jury selection begins tomorrow. there are 250 delaware residents that are lined up to be examined to potentially serve on this jury. and once all is said and done, both sides think that this case could last one or two weeks jessica marshall cohen. thanks so much. tonight, police are investigating a mass shooting that happened overnight.