New York Post By Jack Morphet and Priscilla DeGregory
LOS ANGELES — He’s the first son — and twice convicted.
For the second time in three months, Hunter Biden was convicted of federal charges after he unexpectedly copped to dodging $1.4 million in taxes Thursday, the day jury selection was supposed to begin in the case.
The budding artist, who was found guilty on felony gun raps in June, entered the shock plea to all nine charges against him in order to avoid yet another embarrassing trial that would’ve centered on his penchant for strippers, pornography, luxury hotels and exotic cars.
“I will not subject my family to more pain, more invasions of privacy and needless embarrassment,” Hunter Biden said in a statement. “For all I have put them through over the years, I can spare them this, and so I have decided to plead guilty.”
Biden, who breezed into Los Angeles federal court with his wife Melissa Cohen, still faces up to 17 years behind bars in this case — his guilty plea was not part of an agreement with prosecutors. He also could see up to 25 years on the gun raps, though he is expected to get far less in both cases.
LA prosecutors had said they planned to introduce evidence that Biden blew cash on strippers and porn — all while avoiding paying taxes from 2016 through 2019.
Biden lawyer Abbe Lowell blindsided the feds early Thursday morning when he told Judge Mark Scarsi that the Biden scion intended on entering an Alford plea — a little-known technicality that would’ve allowed him to plead guilty but maintain his innocence.
But prosecutors with special counsel David Weiss’ team balked at the move, saying they had a mountain of evidence against Biden and that he “is not entitled to plead guilty on special terms that apply only to him.”
“Hunter Biden is not innocent. Hunter Biden is guilty,” prosecutor Leo Wise said.
Even Lowell admitted that there was “overwhelming evidence of the defendant’s guilt” as he begged Scarsi to resolve the case.
“This has been a difficult moment for him and especially his family,” Lowell said.
“He and his family don’t want to spend one more day on a period when he was addicted to drugs.”
Lowell also noted the previous gun case had cost prosecutors more than $3.8 million…
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