are expected to go into detail into the salacious sayyed of hunter biden s past. potential witnesses will include a number of hunter biden s x s. we are told among them, beau biden, his brother his widow, hallie, whom hunter dated or biden s own ex-wife and multiple ex girlfriends who will testify to his drug use it s important to emphasize that this case is being brought by president biden s department of justice, which chose not to charge trump and his stormy daniels hush money case but as for president biden himself, he was silent today. obviously he was not there. he released a statement that reads in part, as a president, i don t and won t comment on pending federal cases. but as a dad, i have boundless love from my son, confidence in him, and respect for his strength so let s begin now with evan perez because he is outfront live outside of that courthouse in wilmington, delaware. and evan, i mentioned that jury we know six men, six women, but you know, a lot more about them. tell
selection, st. quote, as the president, i don t and won t comment on pending federal cases. but as a dad, i have boundless love for for my son, confidence in him, and respect for his strength. the president s allies on capitol hill noting the difference between this case and donald trump s the hunter biden s not running for president. donald trump s running for president. but look, that s the perfect example. democrats were not out there saying that hunter biden s trial is a far sits of fraud. it s rigueur. we re not attacking the justice system all right, joining me now from wilmington, delaware is axios national politics reporter, excuse me. alex thompson. alex, good morning. it s wonderful to have you joining us because you were inside i had the courtroom yesterday, and of course, you can t help but miss that this trial is taking place while biden s campaign staffers going to work very nearby in the same city, but bring us inside the room. what was jury
son writing this quote as the president, i don t and won t comment on pending federal cases. but as a dad, i have boundless love for my son confidence him in him, and respect for his strength our panel is back jonah goldberg. this of course something that is incredibly difficult for any father to have to go through he is also though the president of the united states how, what are the right way to balance these two roles here for him, for the president, i don t know. i think the statement is about as good as he game expect from a president i don t know. it would be inappropriate for him to go outside the four corners of being the defendants dad at the same time they re kind of in a way they re kind of lucky that this is as narrowly focused on the gun charge and not the full rich tapestry of a hunter biden problems which is one reason why the talking point with a lot of republicans
until it stanley steamer clique chasing life with dr. sanjay gupta. listen wherever you get your podcasts opening statements have begun and hunter biden s federal gun trial in delaware, first lady jill biden is back in court this morning to support hunter president biden issued a statement of support for his son, sank quote, as the president, i don t and won t comment on pending federal cases. but as a dad, i have boundless love for my son confidence in him and respect for his strength paula reid, his life for us outside of the courthouse. so paul, you just told us the judge announced that one juror has already been dismissed. what s happening now? that s exactly right before opening statements. i ve got underway. a juror was dismissed after she emailed the court last night, and said she didn t realize that she had to be here every day. she lives an hour away and didn t want to endure that commute. now we have some information about her from yesterday he said during jury selectio
the united states to ever go on trial. the prosecution open with some fiery remarks with the defense highlighting his struggles with addiction the first lady, jill biden is back in the court today to support hunter biden. and the president issued a strong statement of support for a son saying, and i m quoting him now, as the president, i don t and won t comment on pending federal cases. but as a dad, i have boundless love for my son confidence in him, and respect et for his strength. close quote, before the statements began this morning, a one juror was replaced after telling the judge that the juror lived too far from the courthouse to commute every day in our drive, at least cnn s chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid is outside the courthouse in wilmington, delaware for us polo. what s the latest year hearing right now said, tell our viewers what s been going on all right. now, court is in a brief break after opening statements from both sides concluded and