Opening statements got underway in Hunter Biden's gun trial after nearly an hour-long delay.

The jury was seated just before 10 a.m.

"No one is above the law," prosecutor Derek Hines said in his opening statement, addressing the jury from the lectern.

"It doesn't matter who you are or what your name is," Hines told them.

Judge Maryellen Noreika took the bench this morning and announced they had "lost" one juror overnight after she "begged" to be released due to travel difficulties.

"We lost a juror overnight," Judge Noreika said, noting the juror explained she lives far away and does not have a car. Noreika did not specifically address how they would be moving forward, but there are four alternates who were seated yesterday as part of the jury.

Opening statements had still not gotten underway as of 9 a.m., as the court was still awaiting the arrival of four of the jurors.

Judge Noreika used the time to address a number of motions, including rejecting a motion from Hunter Biden's attorney Abbe Lowell seeking to exclude from evidence a number of photos of Hunter Biden.

The government said they needed a photo to prove Hunter Biden was in Malibu at a particular time, and the judge agreed to admit it.

First lady Jill Biden was back in her same front-row seat as yesterday, seated between Hunter Biden's wife Melissa and Jill Biden's daughter Ashley Biden.

Hunter Biden has arrived at the courthouse for Day 2 of his federal gun trial.

He was accompanied by wife, Melissa Cohen Biden.

His stepmother, first lady Jill Biden, and his half-sister Ashley Biden are also in attendance for the second day in a row.

Hunter Biden returns to court this morning for the start of arguments in his federal gun trial.

Attorneys with special counsel David Weiss' office and lawyers for Hunter Biden are both scheduled to deliver opening statements in the case.

Judge Maryellen Noreika yesterday swore in a jury of six men and six women, completing the jury selection process in a single day to put the trial two days ahead of schedule.

In the first exhibits presented in the government's case, prosecutors played excerpts from the audiobook of Hunter Biden's 2021 memoir "Beautiful Things" -- in which jurors heard in his own words about some of the most personal low points of his yearslong addiction to crack cocaine.

FBI Special Agent Erika Jensen, the government's first witness, introduced about a dozen audio excerpts played out over an hour, as Hunter Biden's voice boomed over the courtroom's loudspeakers while his stepmother, first lady Jill Biden, and several other members of his family sat in attendance.

"I used my superpower of finding crack cocaine anytime, anywhere," Hunter Biden said of the year 2018 -- the same year he purchased the gun that prosecutors say he lied to get. The audio contained passages in which he spoke about the darkest and most dangerous moments of his addiction -- at one point doing cocaine in the bathroom while on a graduation trip with his daughter. .

Jill Biden and her daughter Ashley Biden sat shoulder-to-shoulder as the clips played out, at times leaning their heads against one another. At one point, as Hunter Biden's voice was heard describing a raucous 12-day bender in Los Angeles, Jill Biden lifted her left arm and draped it around Ashley's shoulders.

A person sitting with the family told ABC News they were both "fighting off tears."

Hunter Biden, for the most part, stared intently into the nearby monitor displaying the book's contents, at one point slightly nodding along as he reheard some of his most painful struggles. The jurors appeared largely engaged, with many taking notes and looking up at the screen to follow along.