Hunter Biden's tax trial carries heavy emotional toll for president Biden

Hunter Biden's continued legal problems may no longer be a political concern for the president, but they're still very much a personal concern.

President Joe Biden's son is already facing the prospect of prison time after his conviction on felony gun charges and is now confronting a second criminal trial in the case accusing him of dodging taxes on millions of dollars in income from foreign business entities.

The trial could put a spotlight on Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings that Republicans have spent years scrutinising to accuse the Democratic president without evidence of corruption in connection with his son's work overseas.

The potential political ramifications of the trial just weeks before the presidential election may have faded somewhat since President Biden's July decision to drop out of the 2024 race. But the president is deeply concerned with the well-being of his son, so the trial is likely to weigh heavily on him in the final months of his five-decade ...