Hunter Biden's sentencings in his gun and tax cases will consider his recovery from addiction and repayment of taxes, legal experts say.

The plea avoids a second criminal trial for Biden, who was convicted on federal gun charges earlier this year.

Hunter Biden offered a surprise guilty plea in his tax evasion case on Thursday, capping a whirlwind day in court in Los Angeles, where jury selection in his trial was set to begin.The president's son entered an open plea — an offer to plead guilty and allow a judge to sentence him — on Thursday afternoon,