How Hunter's upcoming gun and tax trials are creating a political headache for Joe as he could go to JAIL before the election

The legal troubles plaguing President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden are about heat up as the two cases against him are set to go to trial next month.

The timeline puts his charges for illegally obtaining a gun and tax evasion center stage as the 2024 presidential election season for his father intensifies.

It is the latest courtroom activity that could hold weight in the 2024 presidential election as presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is also spending a significant amount of time in court and the possibility of more criminal trials this year.

Hunter Biden is charged in Delaware with three charges related to illegal possession of a gun. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison.

President Biden with his son Hunter Biden arriving in Syracuse, NY on February 4, 2023

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected throwing out the federal gun case against the president's son, 54, clearing the way for the trial to start June 3.

It's expected the trial will last up to nine days.

Also next month, Hunter Biden could go to trial on the opposite coast for the case involving tax evasion. That trial is scheduled to start June 20. 

If convicted in the case, Biden faces a maximum of 17 years in prison.

The timeline means if convicted at either trial, the president's son could face prison as his father runs for a second term in the White House. 

Biden aides and family members are worried about the weight the trial will place on the president according to reporting by POLITICO. 

It also said the president has expressed fear that his son may serve prison time.

President Biden hugs his sone Hunter after they leave a restaurant on Hunter's Birthday in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024

A picture from Hunter Biden's laptop showed the now 53-year-old first son posing nude with a firearm

Hunter Biden is charged in Delaware with three counts in the gun related case.  He is accused of lying about his drug use in October 2018 on a form to buy a gun that he kept for about 11 days. 

Special Counsel David Weiss brought the gun charges in September, when Biden became the first child of a sitting president to be indicted. 

Hunter Biden has acknowledged struggling with addiction to crack cocaine during that time, but his lawyers argued he did not break the law. 

A federal appeals court last week also said the case could move forward to trial. 

Hunter Biden's efforts to have the other criminal case he faces in California involving tax allegations scrapped have also failed.

The investigation into the president's son looked like it would be wrapped up last year with a plea deal, which would have resulted in two years probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor tax charges.

But the agreement fell apart after the judge expected to approve the deal instead raised further questions. 

In January, Biden instead pleaded not guilty to federal tax charges.

A court sketch of Hunter Biden alongside his lawyer Abbe Lowell in federal court on January 11, 2024. The president's son pleaded not guilty to federal tax charges filed after a plea deal imploded

Biden is charged with nine felony and misdemeanor tax offenses. 

Federal prosecutors accuse the younger Biden of a four-year scheme to skip out on paying $1.4 million in taxes he owed the IRS between 2016 and 2019 and instead spending the money on his extravagant lifestyle including drugs and alcohol. 

Republicans including Donald Trump criticized the original plea deal which fell apart as a 'sweetheart deal.' 

Hunter Biden's lawyers have slammed the deal's implosion, claiming Congressional interference and accusing special counsel of bowing to political pressure.

Under the initial plea deal, Hunter Biden would have also avoided prosecution on the gun charge if he stayed out of trouble. 

Close friend of Hunter Biden, Kevin Morris, left, is said to be 'tapped out' of cash after financially supporting his legal battles over the last four and a half years to the tune of $6m. Hunter's lead defense attorney, Abbe Lowell, seen right, doesn't come cheap

Hunter's lead defense attorney, Abbe Lowell, seen right, charges between $855 and $1,500 an hour for his services

Ahead of the looming trials, Hunter Biden's 'sugar brother' Kevin Morris, 61, is reportedly tapped out of cash after financially supporting Biden's legal battles over the last four and a half years.

Morris decided to step in after believing Hunter had little support, loaning him more than $6.5 million.

But Morris has since confirmed he is no longer going to continue to lend money to the first son to fight his legal battles.

Hunter Biden's troubles are not a new headache for the president. He was attacked mercilessly during the 2020 campaign by Trump over his son's business dealings and drug addiction.

The president's son has acknowledged struggling with an addiction to crack cocaine during that period in 2018, but his lawyers have said he didn't break the law 

Then-candidate Biden faced attacks over his son Hunter during the 2020 campaign. During the debate he addressed his son's past drug addiction head on saying 'he's working on it, and I'm proud of him.'

During a standout moment the first presidential debate in 2020 Biden shot back about his son's drug problem 'he's fixed it, he's working on it, and I'm proud of him.'

But it is a new reality the president's son could face prison this year as the president seeks a second term in the White House.

While a president's children and other family members have posed a series of challenges for them throughout history, prison time for a sitting president's child during a campaign is unprecedented.

Meanwhile, Trump has also faced legal challenges this election season that have forced him to spend the better part of the last two months in a courtroom rather than on the campaign trail.

Donald Trump in the Manhattan criminal court for his hush money trial on May 14

New York prosecutors could rest their case in the hush money trial next week. And jury deliberations could begin as soon as next week as the ex-president is facing 34 counts of falsifying business records. 

Prosecutors accuse him of attempting to cover up the payment to a porn star. 

He also faces charges in Georgia, Florida and Washington, DC for election interference and mishandling classified documents after leaving office. 

Trial dates for those cases have not yet been set and could be put off indefinitely as Trump mounts his presidential bid.