Hunter Biden is indicted on three federal gun charges after plea deal fell apart and as probe into his finances ramps up

HUNTER Biden has been indicted on federal gun charges months after his plea deal with prosecutors fell apart.

Hunter was indicted in a federal courtroom in Delaware on Thursday on three counts of owning a firearm while being an active drug user in 2018.

The younger Biden was hit with one count of false statement in the purchase of a firearm, one count of false statement to information required to be kept by federal firearms licensed dealer, and one count of possession of a firearm by an active drug user.

The two counts of making false statements carry sentences of up to 10 years and five years, respectively.

The gun charge possession carries a sentence of up to 10 years.