Hunter Biden is set to be sentenced on Nov. 13 after being convicted of three felonies in connection with a gun purchase, The Hill reported. The hearing will take place one week after the election that determines who will replace his father, President Joe Biden, in the White House.
U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika set the date for the sentencing hearing on Friday. Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in prison and $750,000 in fines.
As a first-time offender, Hunter Biden is unlikely to get the maximum sentence. Instead, he will probably be sentenced to between 15 months and 21 months in prison, if at all, after meeting with a federal probation officer.
The sentencing comes after he was found guilty in June of lying about his drug use on an application to obtain a firearm and his subsequent unlawful ownership of the weapon. Hunter Biden's conviction marked a first for the child of a sitting president.
In 2018, Hunter Biden purchased a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver in Delaware. As per the law, he filled out an application that included a question about whether the applicant used or was addicted to drugs.
At that time, Hunter Biden struggled with addiction to crack cocaine following the death of his brother, Beau Biden, from a brain tumor in 2015, CBS News reported. Despite this fact, he checked off "no" to that question on the application in violation of federal law.
His lie allowed him to purchase the firearm, which he had in his possession for 11 days. When his then-girlfriend Hallie Biden, who was his late brother's widow, found the firearm in his truck, she threw it in the trash.
"I panicked. I realize it was a stupid idea now. But I was panicking," Hallie Biden said in her testimony.
Two felony convictions come from charges related to the application, including making a false statement on the application and lying to the gun dealer. A third stemmed from being in possession of the gun despite being a drug user.
Unfortunately for Hunter Biden, his legal woes won't end with the gun crimes. The president's son is facing a trial Sept. 5 for tax evasion and filing false tax returns after he skipped out on a $1.4 million tax liability between 2016 and 2019, Fox News reported.
During that time, he allegedly spent that money on a debaucherous and luxurious lifestyle. Hallie Biden will once again be called to the stand against her ex-lover.
She was granted immunity in exchange for her testimony against Hunter Biden, just as she was in the gun trial. U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi promised her that "no testimony or other information compelled under this order, or any information directly or indirectly derived from such testimony or information, shall be used against Hallie Biden in any criminal case" except her own perjury.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden, who has abandoned his reelection bid, has said that he will not commute his son's sentence or pardon him. "I am satisfied that I’m not going to do anything — I said I’d abide by the jury decision. I will do that. And I will not pardon him," the president said in June after Hunter Biden's conviction.
Hunter Biden is finally facing consequences for his criminal behavior. However, with Joe Biden no longer up for reelection, it's doubtful that his powerful father won't do anything about it before leaving office despite the promises made.
