coming in. president biden has just put out a statement about his son hunters trial as it is getting underway right now. cnn s arlette saenz is at the white house to bring us more on this arlette, what does the president saying? okay, president biden is trying to show support for his only living son, hunter biden, as those trial into those federal gun charges get under gets underway in wilmington, delaware today. now the president says he s approaching this from the perspective of a father and not commenting on the legal matters at hand. but in this lengthy statement, the president said, quote, i am the president, but i am also a dad, jill and i love our sun, but we are so proud of the man. he is today hunters resilience in the face of adversity and the strength is brought to his recovery are inspiring to us. a lot of families have loved ones who have overcome addiction and know what we mean as the president don t and won t comment on pending federal cases. but as a dad, i have b
ones who have overcome addiction and know what we mean. 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. our family has been through a lot together and jill and i are going to continue to be there for hunter and our family with our love and support. so there you have a statement from president biden and i m sure that was a comfort to hunter, who spent the entire weekend with his dad. also sends a signal to reporters to say don t bother asking me or my white house press secretary because we won t answer. bill: this trial has been underway for an hour and four minutes. jury selection is underway. i think the trial will last a week. jill biden is there. she made a decision to show up at the courthouse just about an hour ago so she will be in court for today s proceedings and we ll track that and see how many times she shows up or if other members of the family show
just asking the jurors if they know the box biden s things like that, but as this case progresses forward in court, there are going to be a lot of active lawyers we should expect that just because of what we know about this legal team, abbe lowell is the chief defense lawyer for hunter biden here and this case could turn quite personal quite quickly as evan was discussing. oh, yeah, it sounds like it well, we saw the first lady they re entering. do we know how president biden is going to deal with the trial yeah. president biden has actually given a comment this morning publicly about this. he hasn t commented on the case itself or his own justice department charging his son in these two federal cases. but what he has said so far is 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 family has been through a lot
in motion a courtroom drama that will captivate republicans and make life harder for democrats. hunter biden is facing gun charges, charges brought by his father s justice department the president is not there, but he did release a statement. mine does straddle the line between his oath of office and promised to stay out of justice department business and his duty as a father. he said, quote, i am the president by him, but i am also a dad. he wrote jill and i love our sun and we are so proud of the man he is today. hunters zillions in the face of adversity and the strength he has brought to his recovery or inspiring to us 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 when you get right to cnn s evan perez, who is outside the court where jury selection is underway. evan, what can you tell us well, then i worry about three-and-a-half hours into this jury selection some p
along was judged to be imperial, harold ford jr., jesse watters , and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. it s monday and here we go again. hunter biden about to leave the courthouse in wilmington, delaware. opening statement start tomorrow at his criminal gun trial kicks off. he s charged with three felony chap down that counts related to allegedly lying on his federal gun form back in 2018. he could be facing up to 25 s in jail. hunter getting a shell of public support from his family. his stepmother, first lady jill biden, appearing in court today. this weekend president biden was at his beach house, spending part of the day biking with hunter. he s expected to speak daily with his son and today president biden released a statement saying, 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. it s not the first time biden