By BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN and HAILEY FUCHS | Politico
As Hunter Biden walks into court Monday to go on trial, he’ll pass a familiar sight: a large photo of his father, sporting a reassuring grin.
The photo — hanging prominently in the lobby of a federal courthouse in dilapidated downtown Wilmington — is a vivid reminder of how the president’s political career and now his son’s legal travails both run through this struggling port city.
For years, Hunter Biden has drawn scrutiny for his links to controversial Ukrainian, Chinese and Romanian business ventures. Congressional Republicans and former President Donald Trump have accused him of influence-peddling and corruption.
But the trial — which opens Monday morning with jury selection — isn’t about any of that. Instead, its focus is extraordinarily narrow: Biden will face three criminal counts for allegedly buying a gun while in the throes of addiction to crack cocaine.