Hunter Biden and the rest of the Biden family listened to humiliating details from the 54-year-old’s turbulent life over the course of his week-long trial.
The US President’s son stared down at the floor as excerpts were played out from an audiobook of his memoir, in which he detailed his “superpower” – finding crack cocaine.
Ashley Biden constantly wiped her eyes as the court heard graphic details about her half-brother’s drug use, leaving the court in tears last week.
Some details were kept out of the book. At one point, Hallie Biden – the widow of Hunter Biden’s brother, Beau – told the court that the businessman had introduced her to crack cocaine.
“It was a terrible experience that I went through, and I’m embarrassed and ashamed, and I regret that period of my life,” she said.
Kathleen Buhle, Mr Biden’s ex-wife, revealed she searched her husband’s car for drugs before their three daughters drove it. His addiction made him “angry-short-tempered”, she said.
Zoe Kestan, a stripper and yet another ex-partner to testify against Mr Biden, said he smoked crack cocaine “every 20 minutes” as they met in hotel rooms.