Fact check: No, Joe Biden's brother-in-law does not own Dominion Voting Systems

Camille Caldera, USA TODAY

The claim: Joe Biden's brother-in-law owns Dominion Voting Systems

Since Election Day, baseless claims about Dominion Voting Systems have proliferated across the internet.

Users have claimed that Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., had ties to the company, whose voting machines operate in 28 states.

USA TODAY has debunked those claims.

Now, users on Facebook have tried to link the company to President-elect Joe Biden himself.

Numerous viral posts bear the message: "Bidens sister is married to Stephen Owens, who owns Dominion voting systems."

Chi Nguyen-Zeh — whose post has been shared over 1,200 times — has not responded to requests from USA TODAY for comment.

Fact check: Meme is missing context, potentially misleads on support for Biden, Trump and Obama

No familial link between Joe Biden, his sister Valerie Biden Owens, and a co-owner of Dominion

In reality, there is no link between Joe Biden and Dominion Voting Systems.

It's true that Dominion Voting Systems is part-owned by Stephen Owens, who co-runs the private equity firm Staple Street Capital. The State Street Capital and Dominion's management team acquired Dominion in 2018, per a release.

Biden has one sister, Valerie Biden Owens. Though she shares the same surname as Stephen Owens, she is not married to him.

Valerie Biden Owens is married to John T. Owens, the owner of a telemedicine company in Delaware, per the Washington Post.

It is also not true that Stephen Owens is their son, as others have claimed.

Valerie Biden Owens and John T. Owens have three children — Valerie James Owens, Cuffe Biden Owens and Catherine Eugenia Owens, per a previous statement.

A spokesperson for Dominion Voting Systems confirmed to Lead Stories that there are no familial connections between Stephen Owens and Valerie Biden Owens.

"There is no family ties between Mr. Owens and Valerie Owens," they wrote. "This is disinformation being spread on social media."

A spokesperson for Staple Street Capital also confirmed to Snopes that Stephen Owens has no relation to the Bidens.

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Our rating: False

Based on our research, claims that Joe Biden's brother-in-law owns Dominion Voting Systems are FALSE. Joe Biden has one sister, Valerie Biden Owens. She is married to Jack T. Owens. There is no familial relationship with Stephen Owens, the co-founder of a private equity firm that acquired Dominion Voting Systems in 2018.

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