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Al Jazeera Staff

Hunter Biden convicted on gun charges: Will he go to jail?

US President Joe Biden, centre, talks with his son Hunter Biden, right, upon arrival in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 11, 2024. [Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP]

Hunter Biden, the son of United States President Joe Biden, has been found guilty of illegally buying a gun while under the influence of drugs in 2018, becoming the first child of a sitting president to be a convicted felon.

The younger Biden, 54, showed little reaction to the verdict on Tuesday and left the Delaware courthouse holding hands with his wife Melissa Cohen Biden and first lady Jill Biden.

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