Joe Biden’s son Hunter flew to China on an official visit by his father in 2013 and ended up inking a deal for his hedge fund with the Bank of China within days of the visit. Hunter Biden accompanied his father aboard Air Force Two on a visit to China, where the vice president met with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

For the younger Biden, there was also deal-making on the agenda, according to ‘Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends,’ by Peter Schweizer