Appeals court denies Hunter Biden's attempt to delay June gun trial

A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied first son Hunter Biden's latest attempt to delay his June trial on gun charges, which begins in Delaware next month, and comes after Biden's lawyer claimed there was no reason for an immediate trial.

Biden was indicted in September on three charges that stem from his purchase of a firearm in 2018: one count of unlawful possession and two counts of making false statements on a form in purchasing the gun. Previous attempts to dismiss the case, or delay the trial, have also been thwarted by various courts.

The three judged panel did not include an opinion or reasoning for the rejection, but the trial comes ahead of another trial in California next month, where Biden has been accused of failing to pay taxes, failing to file taxes, evading a tax assessment, and filing a fraudulent form, per NBC News. That trial will begin on June 20, while the gun trial will begin June 3.

Prosecutors in the gun trial are expected to call on Biden's ex-wife Kathleen Buhle, and his late brother's widow Hallie Biden as witnesses in the case. They are also expected to call a former "romantic" partner of Biden's to testify, who he dated before and after October of 2018. None of the witnesses names were listed, but descriptions identified Hallie Biden and Buhle, according to court documents filed late Monday.

“Witness 1 was previously married to the defendant,” prosecutors wrote of Buhle in the filing, according to ABC News. “They divorced in April 2017, but through 2018 she would check his vehicle from time to time because she did not want their children in a vehicle with drugs.”

The third witness, the one who was not clearly identified, is expected to testify that Hunter Biden "possessed the gun [but] she discarded it in an outdoor trash receptacle at the Janssen’s Market in Wilmington, Delaware."

Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to all charges.