Paul says he had to have the surgery after it was damaged when he was assaulted by his neighbor Rene Boucher in November 2017 after a dispute about yard waste.

Rene Boucher pleaded guilty to an attack on the senator, who later sued him for pain and suffering.

A jury of seven men and seven women, as well as two alternates, have been seated to hear the case.

Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul gets his chance in court to confront the neighbor who broke his ribs with a hard tackle while he was doing yard work at his Kentucky home.

A motion filed on Wednesday sheds new light on a dispute Paul's attorneys say existed only in Rene Boucher's mind.