President Joe Biden reportedly laments he could be dead before Hunter Biden’s legal woes are resolved, fearing legal problems could worsen in future months.
Special Counsel David Weiss indicted Hunter Biden last week on three gun-related charges. The gun charges could amount to 25 years of prison time, though Hunter Biden’s lawyers claim the charges against him will be dismissed before trial.
“The possibility of a federal indictment of Hunter Biden stunned the president,” according to several people close to the president, the New York Times reported.
After the indictment, the president and First Lady Jill Biden became “resigned to the fact that Hunter’s legal problems will likely worsen in the months ahead,” a source close to the Bidens told NBC News.
More charges could “soon” be brought against the president’s son for tax violations, according to the Washington Post.
“Biden, 80, has even since lamented aloud that he might be dead before his son’s case would be resolved,” the source told NBC News.
Joe Biden’s reported personal anguish about his son comes as the White House refuses to say if it will fully cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry. Republican investigators are probing to what degree Joe Biden involved himself in the family business.
