Presidential son Hunter Biden is trying to offer a no-contest plea to avoid trial in California on tax charges.

Biden’s attorneys on Thursday stood in court in Los Angeles and said their client wanted to enter an Alford plea, in which he wouldn’t admit to wrongdoing in open court but would acknowledge enough evidence exists to convict him.

He would be at the mercy of the court at sentencing.

Prosecutors objected to the idea because federal courts typically don’t accept these types of pleas, according to CNN.

U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi recessed court while he mulled the situation.

Hunter Biden was convicted in federal court in Delaware of gun charges this year.

He is supposed to face trial in California on charges he avoided paying $1.4 million in taxes even as he spent plenty of money on an extravagant lifestyle.

The sordid details of Biden’s troubles were complicating his father’s reelection bid, though the issue dropped out of view when the president dropped out of the race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment on the plea situation.

She said Mr. Biden still does not plan to pardon his son or commute any sentence.

“It’s no, it’s still no,” she said.

• Tom Howell Jr. can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.