Jury selection finished Monday in the federal gun trial against Hunter Biden, a high-profile court case in which the 54-year-old faces charges for buying and possessing a gun while using drugs. Opening arguments are expected to begin Tuesday.

The trial marks the first time the child of a sitting U.S. president has faced a criminal prosecution, and comes during the middle of a heated election year with Republicans eager to take the focus off the felony indictment of former President Donald Trump and portray the Biden family as corrupt.

Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming trial, which is expected to last between three to six days and takes place in Wilmington, Delaware:

Hunter is the only surviving son of President Joe Biden and the only remaining survivor of the car crash that killed Joe Biden’s first wife and daughter. Hunter Biden’s brother, Beau Biden, also survived the crash, but died when he was 46 from brain cancer.

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After graduating from Yale Law School, Hunter worked as a lawyer and lobbyist. He has three adult daughters from his first marriage to Kathleen Buhle, and one son with his current wife Melissa Cohen.

Hunter’s substance abuse escalated after the death of his brother in 2015, according to his own accounts, and he says he got sober in 2019.

His overseas business dealings in Ukraine and China have long been a target of Republicans, who have alleged, without evidence, that the president financially benefited from Hunter’s business contacts. The GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Accountability continues to investigate the Biden family’s “domestic and........

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