In a bombshell testimony on Thursday, Hallie Biden, the sister-in-law-turned-lover of Hunter Biden, told a federal court about Hunter’s drug use at the time he purchased an illegal firearm.
She said that Hunter introduced her to crack cocaine in June 2018, stating “I’m embarrassed and I’m ashamed. I regret that time of my life.”
Hallie, the widow of Hunter’s late brother Beau, took the stand deal to recount the circumstances around Hunter’s struggle with addiction and alleged illegal purchase of a firearm.
President Joe Biden’s troubled son is facing a felony charge that he lied on forms that asked whether he was a drug user when registering the firearm. In total, Hunter is facing three felony gun charges. Prosecutors say Hunter had possession of the gun for over a week in 2018.
In her testimony, Hallie recounted finding a revolver and drug paraphernalia in Hunter’s car after he showed up disheveled at her home.
“He was tired, exhausted, looked like he hadn’t slept,” Hallie said, and testified that he went to tidy his vehicle “to clean out any drugs or alcohol in the car … in an effort to help him get or stay sober.”
“Aside from trash and clothes, I found remnants of crack cocaine, paraphernalia — oh, and the gun, obviously,” she said.
“I panicked and I wanted to get rid of them. I didn’t want him to hurt himself or [for] my kids to find it and hurt themselves,” Hallie said.
Hallie said she packed up the gun and drove to a local grocery store, and said she threw it away in a dumpster.
Hallie revealed she and Hunter had first become romantic in either late 2015 or early 2016 after Beau Biden’s death in 2015. She soon discovered Hunter’s drug use.
“I found it [crack] and Googled it because I didn’t know what it was,” Hallie said. “He told me what it was, crack cocaine.”
She testified that Hunter directly introduced her to the drug in June 2018, stating: “Hunter did… It was a terrible experience I went through and I’m embarrassed and I’m ashamed.”
Hallie’s testimony detailed Hunter’s drug use, including a stint in rehab together that October before his gun purchase days later.
To get a conviction, prosecutors need to convince the jury that Hunter was a regular drug user when he purchased the firearm, which Hallie’s testimony seemed to confirm.
They also displayed text messages from that period, including one from Hallie warning Hunter: “I just want to help you get sober, nothing I do or you do is working. I’m sorry… I am afraid you are going to die.”
The stunning testimony appeared to undercut the defense’s claims that Hunter was only struggling with alcohol when he acquired the firearm.
In his memoir, Hunter has admitted he has faced years of struggles with substance abuse.
His ex-partner’s candid testimony about those fateful days in October could ultimately send him to prison.