Hunter Biden seemingly cheerful following guilty plea in tax evasion case

First son Hunter Biden appeared to be in a good mood while dining at a Malibu restaurant, just one day after his guilty plea ending his long-running tax evasion case. 

Hunter seemed very cheerful at the restaurant with Secret Service agents surrounding him, according to the New York Post.

The first son changed his plea in the federal case centered on nine tax charges ahead of jury selection that was supposed to start Thursday. 

U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi accepted the plea deal, and the first son will be sentenced in Los Angeles on Dec. 16.

The major reversal came shortly before jury selection was set to begin and followed a private meeting between his legal team, led by lawyer Abbe Lowell, and Judge Mark Scarsi of the Central District of California.

He said in a statement that he pled guilty in order to “spare” his family from further “embarrassment.” 

“I will not subject my family to more pain, more invasions of privacy and needless embarrassment,” said the statement from Hunter. “For all I have put them through over the years, I can spare them this, and so I have decided to plead guilty.”

Federal prosecutors were planning to present evidence of his crack cocaine use and the large sums of money he spent on strippers, all while avoiding $1.4 million in taxes and in the final 60 days of the presidential campaign, according to the outlet.