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By Dan Gooding and Erin Keller
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A male juror dozed off during Hunter Biden's federal gun trial Wednesday morning as cross-examination continued of an FBI agent, but woke up when the exes testified about the President's son "smoking crack."
The man began nodding off as FBI agent Erika Jensen answered more questions about texts between Hunter and Hallie Biden, his deceased brother Beau's widow, with whom he had a relationship.
Jensen, who began testifying on Tuesday, was also reviewing bank statements when the man fell asleep as day three of the federal trial got underway, examining whether Biden lied on federal documents about his drug use when obtaining a firearm.
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Biden, 54, was accompanied by his wife Melissa Cohen-Biden, while the First Lady Jill Biden was also in court in Wilmington during Jensen's questioning.
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Biden faces three felony charges relating to his purchase of a gun in 2018, with prosecutors arguing he lied about his drug use which would have prohibited him from gaining the firearm. He denies the charges.
If convicted, the President's son could face up to 25 years in prison. The trial is expected to last one-to-two weeks.
'I found a crack pipe'
The sleeping juror woke up as the the testimony picked up when Hunter Biden's ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle took the stand.
She testified that while she never saw Hunter using drugs, she would consistently search his cars for drug paraphernalia so that their daughters wouldn't get caught with it when they borrowed the cars.
Buhle told the court that she found drugs multiple times in 2018, while she also made other discoveries over the course of their relationship.
"I found a crack pipe... on an ashtray on the side porch of our home," she said, speaking of an incident in 2015.
Direct examination of Buhle by defense attorney Abbe Lowell lasted around 15 minutes, when she admitted she never saw the defendant use drugs.
Buhle, 55, and Hunter Biden, 54, married in 1993. The couple, who have three children—Naomi, 30, Maisy, 23, and Finnegan, 23—divorced in 2016.
Buhle claimed in her 2022 memoir If We Break that Hunter Biden's infidelity and drug use led to the demise of their marriage. She also sued him in 2019, claiming he has not paid her alimony legal fees, interest, and other debts owed to her since their split.
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Hunter's former girlfriend, Zoe Kestan, then took the stand and was in the middle of her testimony when the judge dismissed the court for lunch.
Before the break, she talked about many week-long getaways with Biden in 2018 where he would often smoke crack and drink alcohol at the same time.
Kestan said that she witnessed her ex-boyfriend smoking "every 20 minutes or so".
She also said that Hunter would carry his crack pipes in sunglasses cases, a toolbox, and leather totes, and that she helped him in purchasing drugs and drug paraphernalia.
Prosecutors have also introduced new pictures of Biden into evidence, including a shirt which had the word "addicted" printed onto it, with an Adidas logo shaped to look like a marijuana plant.
Testimony continues Wednesday afternoon with the person who sold Biden the gun expected to testify.
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