Ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who was charged with lying about President Joe Biden and his son's business dealings, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.

Here's a timeline of legal and political scrutiny President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has faced during a yearslong probe into his personal and professional life.

Experts President Biden has the constitutional right to issue preemptive pardons to people President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to seek retribution against.

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538's polling column about President Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Sarah McBride's favorability and the future of America.

Donald Trump's criminal hush money case should be dismissed because it "threatens the functioning" of the U.S. government, Trump's attorneys argue in a new filing.

Two days after President Biden issued a blanket pardon to his son Hunter Biden, the younger Biden's federal gun case has been terminated by the judge overseeing the case.

Joe Biden is the first president to pardon his child.

President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter, is throwing a bomb in his party's post-election soul searching.

A day after President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, prosecutors rebutted the president's allegation that their charges were motivated by politics.

The Biden family discussed the pardon for Hunter Biden during the Thanksgiving holiday in Nantucket, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.

The announcement came through on Sunday evening that he had pardoned Hunter Biden.

President-elect Donald Trump reacted to President Biden pardoning his son, Hunter Biden, in a post on Truth Social on Sunday.

Reactions varied in the aftermath of an announcement on Sunday evening that President Joe Biden had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden.

President Joe Biden does not plan to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, who was convicted on federal gun charges, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

The federal judge who oversaw Hunter Biden’s conviction on gun charges in Delaware has again agreed to delay his sentencing by a week, until Dec. 12.

The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden's Delaware conviction on gun charges has agreed to push back his sentencing date three weeks, from Nov. 13 to Dec. 4.

Federal prosecutors accuse Hunter Biden of accepting payments from a Romanian businessman "to influence U.S. government agencies" while his father was vice president.

The president's son pleaded guilty to nine tax-related charges and will be sentenced Dec. 16.

The judge handing the case of an ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Hunter Biden has rejected an effort to challenge special counsel David Weiss' appointment.

A federal judge on Monday rejected the latest attempt by Hunter Biden to dismiss several tax-related charges he faces in Los Angeles.

Hunter Biden attempted to enlist support from the U.S. Ambassador to Italy in 2016 to arrange a business meeting for him on behalf of Burisma, his attorney confirmed.

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will face sentencing for his three-count felony conviction on Nov. 13.

Attorneys for Hunter Biden have dropped a "revenge porn" lawsuit against Fox News, with plans to refile it against new defendants.

Attorneys for Hunter Biden, citing the recent dismissal of Donald Trump's classified documents case, are seeking to dismiss both federal criminal cases against him.

Attorneys for Hunter Biden have withdrawn their bid for a new trial in his federal gun case, conceding that a motion they filed last month misunderstood a technicality.

Hunter Biden has filed suit against Fox News over their production of a fictional miniseries his attorney call "an effort to harass, annoy, alarm, and humiliate him."

Nearly two weeks after Hunter Biden was convicted on three felony gun counts, he is waging a long-shot bid to fight that outcome.

President Joe Biden said he would not issue a presidential sentence commutation for Hunter Biden following his conviction earlier this week on federal gun charges.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday declined to rule out a presidential commutation for Hunter Biden.

In a campaign punctuated by courtroom trials, the Biden campaign wants to show this Hunter's conviction is different from that of former President Donald Trump.

It's not clear that voters will fault the president for his son's wrongdoing.

Hunter Biden's conviction Tuesday on three charges marks a historic moment -- but it may not significantly change the contours of the presidential race.

President Biden released a statement shortly after his son was found guilty in his federal gun trial expressing love for his son and vowing to accept the outcome.

The president's son was convicted on three felony charges related to efforts to obtain a firearm.

A Delaware woman who served on the federal trial against President Joe Biden's son spoke out about the case and how the jury came to its verdict.

Donald Trump's 2024 campaign and Republican lawmakers are seizing on Hunter Biden's conviction to escalate their attacks on President Joe Biden.

Following Hunter Biden's conviction on federal gun charges, the first son faces major time in prison.

She has attended almost every day, sometimes walking in hand-in-hand.

Lawyers for both sides delivered closing arguments after Hunter Biden declined take the stand in his own defense on Day 6 of his federal gun trial.