Donald Trump trial LIVE: Follow updates of the Stormy Daniels hush money case ... trends now By Dailymail.Com Political Reporters In Manhattan, New York Published: 12:06 BST, 15 April 2024 | Updated: 12:06 BST, 15 April 2024 Viewcomments Advertisement Donald Trump will be the first former president to stand trial when he arrives in a Manhattan court on Monday accused of hiding payments he made to porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair. A jury of 12 New York residents who will decide his fate will be selected from a pool of hundreds in a process that could take as long as two weeks. Follow DailyMail.com's live coverage from our reporters in the courtroom and in New York as the historic case gets underway. Of the 1.4 million adults who live in Manhattan, it will be almost impossible to find one who doesn't already have an opinion of Donald Trump. But twelve of them will be chosen to ultimately decide his fate as the first former president to stand in a criminal trial that begins on Monday. They will be picked from hundreds of eligible New York residents to sit for the historic case where Trump is accused of hiding a $130,000 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about their alleged affair in 2006. If found guilty by the group of his peers, he could be sentenced to up to four years in prison over a saga that started 18 years ago, and has seen wall-to-wall press coverage not just in the Big Apple but around the world. Will it be impossible to find a dozen people who don't already have prejudicial view of the presumptive Republican nominee for president? Experts who specialize in jury selection tell DailyMail.com it could be. What started as a chance encounter at a charity golf tournament 18 years ago has turned into one of the biggest legal dramas in history. On Monday, Donald Trump will become the first former president to face a criminal trial over a $130,000 hush-money payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels over their alleged affair. The trial - set to last between six and eight weeks - will be full of bombshell testimony and drama that are the results of years of scandal. Witnesses will testify about lurid allegations of hotel suite encounters, blockbuster TV interviews and backroom deals involving the presumptive Republican nominee for president. The case revolves around the payment made to Daniels by Trump's then-fixer Michel Cohen ahead of the 2016 presidential election to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. She claims it occurred less than four months after Melania Trump gave birth to the couple's son , Barron. Since then there have been legal twists and turns at every corner, while Trump has spent four years in the White House and is now in the middle of bid for another term. Jury selection begins in the Trump hush-money trial Welcome to DailyMail.com's live coverage of Donald Trump's historic Manhattan trial, the first of four criminal cases he faces. The forrmer president will be in the court to watch as 12 New York residents are chosen to be on the jury. The 77-year-old has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up their alleged affair. He has denied all the charges and strenuously rejects her claims they had a sexual encounter at a golf course in 2006. TOP STORIES Share or comment on this article: Donald Trump trial LIVE: Follow updates of the Stormy Daniels hush money case as jury selection begins All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility