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Skip to contentSkip to site indexPolitics Today’s PaperHunter Biden Gun TrialThe LatestThe ChargesNot a Routine Gun CaseG.O.P. Goes SilentFacing a Cash CrunchAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Hunter Biden Gun TrialThe LatestThe ChargesNot a Routine Gun CaseG.O.P. Goes SilentFacing a Cash CrunchSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTWitness in Hunter Biden Trial Gives Intimate Portrait of His Drug UseIn text exchanges between Mr. Biden and a former girlfriend, Hallie Biden, the widow of his brother, Beau, she urged him to seek treatment as he trawled the streets for drugs.Listen to this article · 9:33 min Learn moreShare full articleHallie Biden, Hunter Biden’s former girlfriend and the widow of his brother, Beau, was closest to him when he bought the gun at issue in his case.Credit…Haiyun Jiang for The New York TimesBy Glenn Thrush, Eileen Sullivan and Zach MontagueReporting from the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Del.June 6, 2024Hallie Biden walked briskly to the witness box, past her brother-in-law and ex-boyfriend Hunter Biden, to chronicle a star-crossed relationship that ended in anguish, her own addiction and, eventually, his criminal prosecution.Ms. Biden, 50, is by far the most important witness for the government. She is one of the few able to offer a detailed, and intimate, accounting of Mr. Biden’s all-consuming addiction to crack cocaine. He is on trial on charges of lying about his drug use on a form to buy a gun in October 2018, and of illegally possessing the weapon.Moments after she sat down, prosecutors homed in on what they see as the heaviest blow to Mr. Biden’s defense, in a series of texts showing that he bought and smoked crack in the 48 hours after he purchased a gun in Delaware.The testimony was intended to nail down a clear prosecutorial timeline, which Mr. Biden’s lawyers later undermined. But it also had the effect of forcing Ms. Biden, a recovering addict, to revisit days of desperation and shame, so traumatic that it seemed to dim her memory. She was clearly shaken, repeatedly scanning the gallery for her new husband’s face among the crowd of gawking reporters.“It was a terrible experience that I went through,” said Ms. Biden, a former school counselor.“I’m embarrassed and ashamed, and I regret that part of my life.”Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSite IndexSite Information Navigation© 2024 The New York Times CompanyNYTCoContact UsAccessibilityWork with usAdvertiseT Brand StudioYour Ad ChoicesPrivacy PolicyTerms of ServiceTerms of SaleSite MapCanadaInternationalHelpSubscriptionsManage Privacy Preferences