Hunter Biden gun case hears sister-in-law turned lover Hallie reveal how he got her hooked on crack

Joe Biden’s son got his brother’s widow hooked on crack cocaine during an affair while they were in mourning for her husband, a court heard last night.

Hunter Biden introduced Hallie Biden to the drug in 2015 while they were grieving the loss of Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer aged 46 that year.

Ms Biden told a jury that it was a “terrible experience” and that she was “embarrassed and ashamed” by it. The court heard how she begged Hunter to stop using drugs and told him: “This can’t go on, we can’t do this.”

The highly personal testimony came during the trial of Hunter, 54, who is accused of lying on a form to buy a gun in 2018.

Prosecutors claim he broke US law by denying he was a drug addict, when he was using drugs at the time. Ms Biden’s testimony shone a light on one of the most painful episodes in the history of the Biden family: the death of Beau, Hunter’s older brother.

His death caused his father not to run in the 2016 presidential election which Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump, a decision he later regretted.

While in mourning, Ms Biden began a relationship with Hunter even though he was married to Kathleen Buhle, with whom he had two children. Ms Biden, 50, a school counsellor, had had two children with her late husband.

Ms Biden said she found out Hunter was using crack when she found some at her home in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was staying when their relationship began in 2015, after Beau’s death.

Mr Biden would “occasionally’” smoke very large rocks the size of a ping-pong ball, sometimes in her presence. At times Ms Biden would accompany Hunter to drug deals, she said.

Prosecutor Leo Wise asked whether she was using drugs in 2018, after she travelled to Los Angeles to visit Hunter. she replied: “Yes.” Asked which kind of drugs, she said: “Crack cocaine.”

Mr Wise asked who introduced her to it. Ms Biden said: “Hunter did. it was a terrible experience that I went through and I’m embarrassed and I’m ashamed of that period of my life.”

She said they would fight about his drug usage and she told him: “This can’t go on, we can’t do this.”

The court turned to the events of October 23, 2018, which led to the charges against Hunter.

Ms Biden found a revolver in his car, “panicked” and wanted to get rid of it. She put it inside a shopping bag and drove to a nearby grocery store where she threw it in the bin. The police later tracked the weapon down.

First Lady Jill Biden had been in court for the first two days of testimony but was in France yesterday for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Joe Biden was already there and did not attend the hearing.

Hunter faces a separate trial in September in Los Angeles on tax charges, which he denies. The trial continues.

Last night, his father said he would not issue him a pardon.

The President said he wouldn’t use the power of clemency even if Hunter were found guilty.