A guilty verdict for Hunter Biden means a new conundrum for Trump

Hunter Biden is guilty.

The president’s lone surviving son, 54, walked out of a federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday guilty on three felony counts, a day after jurors began their deliberations.

President Joe Biden abruptly changed his schedule and flew to Wilmington after the news broke. In a statement, he vowed to accept the outcome of the trial, and promised not to grant his son a presidential pardon.

“As I said last week, I am the president, but I am also a dad,” the president said in his statement. “Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today.”

“So many families who have had loved ones battle addiction understand the feeling of pride seeing someone you love come out the other side and be so strong and resilient in recovery,” the president continued. “As I also said last week, I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal. Jill and I will always be there for Hunter and the rest of our family with our love and support. Nothing will ever change that.”

The quiet support of Biden and his wife, Dr Jill Biden, stands in contrast to the mud-slinging which has played out on the sidelines of a Manhattan courthouse where Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts related to an effort to conceal a hush money scheme through falsified business documents. Prosecutors there successfully convinced a jury that Trump committed his violations in an attempt to benefit his 2016 campaign for president. He was found guilty all counts after months of scrutiny and controversy.

The lack of a unified response from Republicans on Tuesday as the Hunter Biden verdict played out illustrated one thing, however: Donald Trump and