After months-long battle with GOP, Hunter Biden appears for impeachment testimony

After months of contentious battles with House Republicans, Hunter Biden appeared Wednesday for a deposition in the GOP impeachment inquiry into his father, President Joe Biden. The younger Biden has been a central target in the GOP-led investigation of the president and his family.

Hunter Biden arrived on Capitol Hill with his legal team shortly before his 10 a.m. deposition was set to begin. He made no remarks to a crowd of reporters gathered at the O'Neil House Office Building where several members of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees awaited his testimony.

In a copy of his opening statement obtained by NPR, the younger Biden reiterated his long-standing statement that his father played no role in his business dealings.

"I am here today to provide the Committees with the one uncontestable fact that should end the false premise of this inquiry: I did not involve my father in my business," Hunter Biden's statement read. "Not while I was a practicing lawyer, not in my investments or transactions domestic or international, not as a board member, and not as an artist. Never."

His remarks echo those made by the president's brother, James Biden, during his closed-door testimony to the same panels last week. James Biden spoke with the committee for more than eight hours. The process for Hunter could be similarly lengthy.

The culmination of a months-long fight over testimony

Hunter Biden's appearance fulfills a long-running effort by House Republicans to force the president's son to testify. Republicans accuse President Biden of being involved in allegedly corrupt business dealings by members of his family, chief among them, his son.

But months into their impeachment probe, Republicans still have been unable to