Hunter Biden, the son of United State President, Joe Biden, has pleaded not guilty to three firearms charges.
The 53-year-old was charged for making false statements on a federal firearms form and possession of a firearm as a prohibited person.
Prosecutors alleged that he lied about his drug use on application forms when he purchased the weapon in 2018.
Although Biden acknowledged that he was a heavy user of crack cocaine at the time, he denied breaking the law.
He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the three federal counts.
A proposed plea deal to resolve the charges abruptly fell apart in July, meaning Mr Biden was indicted shortly after.
In a court filing in September in which his legal team unsuccessfully sought a virtual, not in-person, court appearance, Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said that his client would enter a plea of not guilty.
Lowell also said his client “possessing an unloaded gun for 11 days was not a threat to public safety, but a prosecutor, with all the power imaginable, bending to political pressure presents a grave threat to our system of justice.”
Biden appeared on Tuesday in a federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware – which is the hometown of the Bidens.
