Nucleon structure functions, as measured in deep-inelastic lepton scat
tering, are studied within a covariant scalar diquark spectator model.
Regarding the nucleon as an approximate two-body bound state of a qua
rk and diquark, the Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) for the bound state
vertex function is solved in the ladder approximation. The valence qua
rk distribution is discussed in terms of the solutions of the BSE.