Hunter was on trial. But the Biden women were really the ones in the spotlight

While Hunter Biden was on trial this past week, he was not alone in the spotlight: the women in his life were a focus throughout.

The president’s youngest sonwas found guilty on all three felony gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday after he bought a firearm while under the influence of crack cocaine.

During the trial, three of Hunter’s exes took the stand, as did his daughter Naomi Biden Neal. His wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, was by his side each day in the courtroom, while his stepmother, First Lady Jill Biden, was absent only once – to attend the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France with the president. His aunts, Valerie Biden Owens and Bonny Jacobs, were also spotted at court.

The Biden women in particular have rallied around at the trial of Hunter, whose long battle with addiction caused the breakup of his marriage; the public scandal of a romantic relationship with his brother Beau’s widow; and a long list of embarrassing incidents seized upon by his father’s political rivals.

There is also the matter of his lovechild by an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, with whom he recently resolved child support issues, and reports of 2018 texts where he referred to the First Lady using multiple expletives in arguments over rehab.

For his 30-year-old daughter Naomi, who was called to testify by the defense, the trial seemed particularly grueling.

She recalled her efforts to reach her dad as he struggled with substance abuse, and how he wasn’t communicative at the height of his addiction.

Her painful texts, from October 2018, were also read out in court. After they failed several times to set up a time to meet, Naomi wrote: “I’m really sorry, dad, I can’t take this.”

The prosecution suggested that Hunter Biden had