The speaker was not a doctor. Nor did he have an extensive background in health care, global or otherwise. But Francis W. "Frank" Biden did have something else: A brother in the White House.

In his speech, Frank Biden talked about his family and his brother’s cancer initiative, according to attendees. Following his remarks, the leader of a trade group who attended the event promptly posted a video from Venice informing members he represents that he’d spoken with Frank Biden about their efforts to lobby the federal government on Medicare reimbursement rules. The president’s brother, he told his members, had agreed to help.

At that event, Frank Biden boasted of "the bully pulpit that I have as a result of the privilege of being associated with my brother Joey," and vowed to "do everything in my power to support you to get the job done, to get federal dollars to your research," a video of his speech shows.