sen coons stepfather is a member of the Gore family of Delaware (as in Gore-Tex).

the gore’s and duponts are socially connected in delaware.

his only non-government job appears to have been working as a lawyer at Gote-Tex, his step-father’s company.

The Gore family patriarch started out working for the DuPonts. The Gore family is around the 50th richest in America.

“Coons worked as legal counsel for W.L. Gore and Associates, headquartered in Newark, Del., which created Gore-Tex fabrics and was founded by his stepfather's family.”

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2010/11/29/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-chris-coons

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Gore