President Biden, Michael Marquardt and former President Bill Clinton attend NYC fundraiser. (Michael Marquardt X account)
A day earlier, Marquardt posted on his Facebook profile from New York City about then-Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, a Biden ally, being presented "with the International Leadership Award from China's General Chamber of Commerce at Bank of China's new US headquarters building in Manhattan at 7 Bryant Park."
"The building is actually not yet finished and it was amazing to see it before it officially opens," Marquardt continued. "This ceremony concluded a day of business matching sessions between 100+ Chinese companies and 100+ American companies, including 21 from Delaware."
That same year, Marquardt posted on Facebook an article touting Delaware funding for "the expansion of a China summer abroad program for high school students studying Mandarin." He also posted the Twitter hashtag "#ForwardThinkingDelaware."
"And today we welcomed 2 buses w/Chinese business execs to @DelawareGlobal to learn more about the First State," Marquardt posted on X in 2015 along with a photo of buses presumably rolling into Delaware with Chinese business executives on board.
President Biden and Hunter Biden during the Easter Egg Roll at the White House on April 1, 2024. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Marquardt’s ties to Biden go back over two decades when his wife, Claire DeMatteis, was serving as then-Sen. Biden’s senior counsel, a position she held from 1994 to 2004, a Fox News Digital review found.
Last summer, Marquardt, who was originally from West Berlin, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in the early 1990s, posted a video of his wedding reception, which marked their 20th wedding anniversary and featured Biden giving a toast in 2003 in place of DeMatteis' dad, who passed away when she was 9 years old.
During the toast, Biden called Marquardt a "fine man" and joked that he only questioned his association with Biden's brother-in-law, Jack Owens, who is married to his sister, Valerie Biden Owens. This reference appears to stem from Marquardt co-founding and serving as the CEO of Mediguide, a telemedicine company that Owens invested in during the early 2000s and would later purchase and manage, according to an archived bio on Mediguide's website.
Fox News Digital previously reported on Owens reaching out to Hunter Biden, his nephew, to request help in obtaining a Chinese business license.
Marquardt, who served on the Biden for President national finance committee between 2019 and 2020, and his wife have also been prolific donors to Biden PACs and campaigns, ranging from the Senate to the presidential level. Between 2003 and 2024, the Delaware couple has donated over $50,000 supporting Biden's campaigns, according to FEC records.
Marquardt has posted several photos with Biden over the years on his social media accounts and his Linkedin profile, and has promoted his ties to him on his business website. His background picture on X, Facebook, and Linkedin features him and his wife with President Biden and former Presidents Obama and Clinton at a celebrity-studded New York City fundraiser earlier this year. He has also posted pictures with his wife at the White House during the Biden administration, including at a Christmas party and July 4th celebration.
"I am a business advisor who is welcomed in boardrooms worldwide," Marquardt's website reads next to a photo of him and Biden shortly after he announced his presidential run in 2019. "As a trusted strategist who quickly gains an understanding of business culture and helps drive change from within, I specialize in advising American companies looking to expand to Europe or Asia and companies that are interested in entering the U.S. market."
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President Biden speaks during a campaign event in Philadelphia on April 18, 2024. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Marquardt and the White House for comment, but did not receive a response.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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