Hunter Biden has been charged in Delaware with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction. Hunter Biden also faces a separate trial in California in September on charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes. Attorney General Merrick Garland then appointed the top investigator as a special counsel in August, and a month later Hunter Biden was indicted. But it will excavate some of Hunter Biden's darkest moments and put them on display. Hunter Biden’s sister, Ashley Biden, was also in court, and his wife, Melissa.