WILMINGTON, Del. — A jury was seated Monday in the historic trial of first son Hunter Biden on federal weapons charges following seven hours of selection.

US District Judge Maryellen Noreika swore in the pool of prospective jurors at 8:46 a.m., kicking off a politically charged case in a state where President Biden has been the most powerful political figure for decades.

By 4:20 p.m., 12 panelists and four alternates had been chosen to oversee the case.

The jury is made up of six men and six women. Seven of the 12 are African American, as are two of the alternates — all of whom are also women.

Roughly 250 Delaware residents were summoned for jury selection, and more than 60 were questioned one-by-one outside of the presence of the other possible panelists by Hunter’s lawyers, prosecutors and the judge.

Of that group, Noreika dismissed nearly 30 people who had scheduling conflicts or who said they could not be impartial — either because of their prior knowledge about the case, their political views, or stances on issues such as gun control.

One man, juror 1, was let go because he declared that owning guns is “a God-given right” while another was dismissed after saying he believed the Department of Justice was too political.

In some cases, potential jurors brought up Donald Trump’s criminal cases when asked about their politics — with two prospective jurors saying they thought the 45th president was prosecuted for electoral reasons.

Another woman, juror 40, said people shouldn’t be allowed to buy guns and “kill children in schools,” NBC News reported.

“I’d ban [guns] altogether to be honest,” she added, before the judge dismissed her.

Several members of the pool of potential jurors owned at least one gun, while at least 15 others had relatives or loved ones who have struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, with one man having received a DUI in the past and one woman losing a best friend to an overdose.

Juror 26, who made the final panel, said he had concealed carry permits in more than one state and stated that “I believe our Second Amendment is very important.”

One woman, juror 3, made the final 12 after admitting her sister was convicted a decade ago on credit card fraud and drug charges. She said her relative was “currently clean” and insisted she could be fair.

Another panelist, juror 5, revealed she had once worked for the Secret Service and her husband was still employed by the protective agency. 

Juror 25, a man and one of the prospective panelists who said Trump had been targeted for political prosecution, was let into the initial pool of 36 after he said he was “an acquaintance with the first lady” and had met Joe Biden at several events.

He added that he recently donated to the Republican National Committee and was a campaign manager for a city councilman years ago.

It wasn’t clear whether Juror 25, who was later dismissed, was aware that Jill Biden was present in court Monday.

Juror 55 was released from the pool after he revealed he had played squash with Hunter’s late brother Beau Biden, knows Beau’s widow and potential prosecution witness Hallie Biden, and that his kids had played basketball with Beau’s children.

One man, juror 33, was chosen despite his dad being shot and killed in 2004 and his brother serving time for narcotics possession. He said he had taken law classes but never completed the degree.

One woman, juror 38, who was also selected, told the judge her childhood best friend fatally overdosed on heroin and said her family owns rifles which they hunt with. She explained she doesn’t personally own a firearm and said she could be a fair juror.

Hunter’s team had 10 peremptory strikes — a no-questions-asked right to boot a juror — while prosecutors got six. 

Each side also had another two strikes for the alternates.

The final process of whittling down the pool of 36 to 16 took less than one hour.

Others who made the final cut include one woman, juror 19, who said she thinks that people who smoke pot should be allowed to own guns; a man who said his dad “owns a few” firearms; and a middle-aged woman, juror 34, who owns a firearm and previously served as a juror on a drug case.

Also chosen was juror 37, a man whose relatives own guns and whose late brother and brother-in-law were both alcoholics.

“I know they both had diseases,” he said during the questioning period.

Hunter Biden, 54, has pleaded not guilty to three felony counts pertaining to his alleged illegal possession of a firearm while addicted to crack cocaine.

The Delaware case is the first of two scheduled to take place this year.

Hunter Biden also faces tax charges out of Los Angeles, with prosecutors led by special counsel David Weiss accusing him of stiffing Uncle Sam on $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019.

The first son has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The Delaware case is expected to last one to two weeks.

Noreika, a Trump appointee backed by the state’s Democratic senators, has been deeply involved in the Hunter Biden case for nearly a year.

In July, she presided over the implosion of a prospective plea deal between Hunter and Weiss after the two sides couldn’t agree on whether the first son would be protected from future charges.

Weiss, who has been Delaware’s US Attorney since 2018, was granted special counsel authority by Attorney General Merrick Garland in August of last year.

Hunter Biden is being represented by a team of several lawyers, led by well-known defense attorney Abbe Lowell, who has an extensive history of defending famous clientele in the courtroom.

The firearm case dates back to the Oct. 12, 2018 purchase of a .38 caliber Colt Cobra revolver at a Delaware gun shop. To acquire that handgun, background checks required Hunter to certify that he was not addicted to illicit drugs.

That year, the younger Biden was deep in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction, as documented by evidence from his 2021 memoir, “Beautiful Things,” leaked laptop contents and scores of witnesses.

Eleven days after the revolver purchase, his sister-in-law turned lover Hallie Biden disposed of it in a trash can near a local supermarket, right across the street from a high school, according to police records.

An enraged Hunter Biden demanded she fetch the weapon, only for her to discover it was no longer there. The gun was later returned by a man who regularly rummages through trash.

The first son’s trial begins in the aftermath of a Manhattan jury voting May 30 to convict former President Donald Trump of 34 counts of falsification of business documents to conceal hush money payments.

That conviction sparked an uproar among congressional Republicans, who have long had Hunter Biden in their crosshairs and alleged that prosecutors initially gave the first son a “sweetheart” deal.

President Biden, who was with Hunter at the family’s Rehoboth Beach vacation home over the weekend, weighed in on the verdict against his rival Trump, saying “The justice system should be respected, and we should never allow anyone to tear it down.”

Now the justice system — led by his own administration — will evaluate whether his son should be tossed in jail.