Hunter Biden, son of United States President Joe Biden declared guilty of two counts of federal tax evasion and illegal possession of a weaponprosecutors reported Tuesday.

“The President and First Lady love and support their son as he rebuilds his life. We will not be commenting further,” the White House said in a statement.

53-year-old Hunter Biden reached an agreement with the public prosecutor’s office after admitting responsibility for evading federal taxes and for violating gun-carrying laws related to past alcoholism and drug use, detailed prosecutor David Weiss.

Former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), who fights for justice in a range of cases, opined in a response published on his “Truth Social” network that Hunter Biden had only been fined and claimed the justice system is “broken”.

The Democratic president’s youngest son described his addiction problems to alcohol and other drugs, especially crack, in a book due in 2021. In that publication, Hunter Biden, a former lawyer and businessman turned artist, also states that He is currently away from alcohol and drugs.

The president has always openly supported him. During a heated debate with Trump ahead of the 2020 presidential election, in which he was victorious, he said that he was “proud” of him. In addition, Biden has dismissed allegations of corruption by the Republican opposition in Congress, pointed out Hunter for alleged irregularities in Ukraine and China while his father was vice president, during the era of the Barack Obama administration (2009-2017).

“My son has done nothing wrong”, he said in an interview with the MSNBC television network last May. “I trust him,” he insisted.