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Bribes don’t have to be for a specific thing you want right this second dude. Garnering favor with those close to or in power doesn’t need an explicit predefined goal. Just because he wasn’t holding public office at the time doesn’t mean he didn’t have any political power, or that it was somehow unlikely that he’d ever hold a public office again.
Bribery has to be for something specific.
I agree, but it's not bribery of Joe Biden if someone gives a gift to his son.
Well they couldn’t exactly hire Joe himself. Giving his embarrassing son a well paying do nothing job far away from the US to keep him out of trouble could be seen as a gift, depending on his level of involvement.