Hunter Biden gun trial: Beau Biden's widow Hallie Biden testifies about crack use

• Hallie Biden, the widow of President Joe Biden's late son Beau Biden, testified in federal court that the president's surviving son, Hunter Biden, introduced her to crack cocaine.
• Hunter Biden is on trial in Delaware federal court on three counts connected to his purchase and possession of a revolver while being a drug user.
• The trial comes after former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

Hallie Biden, the widow of President Joe Biden's late son Beau Biden, testified in federal court Thursday that she became a drug user after the president's surviving son, Hunter Biden, introduced her to crack cocaine.

"It was a terrible experience that I went through and I'm embarrassed and I'm ashamed of that period of my life," Hallie Biden said in Hunter Biden's criminal gun trial in Delaware federal court, NBC News reported.

Hallie Biden was romantically involved with Hunter Biden after Beau Biden's death from brain cancer in 2015. She and Hunter were together in October 2018, when he allegedly lied about his drug use to buy a Colt Cobra revolver.

Hunter Biden, 54, faces three counts connected to his purchase and possession of the gun despite his drug use.

The trial has dredged up a slew of embarrassing and painful information that threatens to weigh down his father's reelection bid against former President Donald Trump, who last week was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

The current president's campaign has sought to contrast the image of a stable, morally righteous Democratic incumbent against a lawless, dangerous and unfit Republican challenger in Trump. The Hunter Biden trial, filled with lurid details about the illegal and callous behavior of