Hunter Biden (53) was charged with several tax offenses on Thursday - it is already the second judicial trouble for him within a few months.

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The trouble surrounding the son of US President Joe Biden won't stop ...

He allegedly failed to pay federal taxes properly for several years, the US Department of Justice announced on Thursday evening.

He faces up to 17 years in prison!

It is already the second legal trouble for the son of US President Joe Biden within a few months.

Hunter Biden (53) with his father, US President Joe Biden (81)

Hunter Biden is alleged to have withheld at least 1.4 million US dollars.

The tax indictment was filed on Thursday at a court in California, where Hunter Biden lives. In it, he is accused of deliberately failing to pay his taxes for 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 on time - even though he had the necessary funds to do so.

BUT: Instead of paying his taxes, he is said to have squandered millions on his extravagant lifestyle. According to the Department of Justice, Hunter Biden is said to have withheld at least 1.4 million US dollars.

Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in prison for illegal possession of weapons.

Hunter Biden was only charged with illegal possession of weapons in September. He faces up to 25 years in prison for this!

Joe Biden back then with his sons Beau (who died of a brain tumor in 2015 at the age of 46) and Hunter (2nd from left) and his future wife, Jill.

He is said to have possessed a revolver in 2018 - even though this is forbidden to him as a drug addict. The president's son is also alleged to have lied to a gun dealer to buy the Colt. Hunter Biden has been in treatment for his drug addiction for 20 years. In 2018, he recorded a video of himself smoking a crack pipe while driving through a residential area in Arlington, Virginia.

Hunter Biden (53) is the only living son of the US President; his brother Beau died of a brain tumor in 2015 at the age of 46.

Biden always stood by his son in public.

In 2021, "Hunt," as his father likes to call him, published a biography. He described how he fell into drug orgies that sometimes lasted a whole week. Or how he picked up a crack pipe every 15 minutes and invited a street dealer to live in his apartment.

But Biden continued to stand by his son in public. He and First Lady Jill kept saying: "We love Hunter. We're proud of him. He has done nothing wrong."

BUT: The new charges against his son will also likely damage the US President's election campaign. The "Hunter Biden case" is dividing the USA - and the name has long been a rallying cry for conservatives.

In September, investigations were even launched against the US President into his son's dubious business dealings and possible connections.

It is also to be expected that the Republicans will exploit the tax charges against Hunter Biden in their election campaign.