President of UPenn defends paying Biden $400,000 year as a 'professor' - even though he didn't teach any classes - during grilling by Republicans

The President of the University of Pennsylvania defended paying President Joe Biden a salary of $400,000 a year during the years he was out of government service. 

UPenn President Liz Magill was testifying Tuesday before the House Education and Workforce Committee on combating rising anti-Semitism on college campuses. 

Rep. Mary Miller, a Republican from Illinois, used her time to query Magill about Biden's seemingly high salary, saying that he 'appeared to have a no-show job.' 

'Can you give us some insight into why Joe Biden was paid almost a million dollars by UPenn, what were his responsibilities when he was at UPenn? Did he teach a class?' Miller asked. 

Magill said that Biden was a 'professor of practice' at the Philadelphia-based Ivy League school and was on staff for a little more than two years. 

She said he was paid a salary of $400,000 annually. 

'We also had Mr. Jeb Bush as a professor of practice at the University of Pennsylvania,' Magill added. 

Bush, a Republican, is the former governor of Florida and was a failed 2016 presidential candidate. 

He is the son and brother of the two former presidents. 

'President Biden had a wide variety of obligations,' Magill said

She was interrupted by Miller who asked, 'What obligations, exactly, did he have?' 

'He held seminars, he was in many different classes, he interacted with thousands of students over the time he was there. He invited speakers - the goal of the center was to enhance ...,' Magill continued, again getting cut off. 

Miller remained confounded at the salary. 

'For $400,000?' she asked. 

The Illinois Republican then claimed, without citing proof, that 'anonymous Chinese donations' poured into the school on the heels of Biden's hire. 

'The House Oversight Committee is going to get to the bottom of this,' Miller warned. 

Since January when Republicans took over the House, the GOP-led Oversight Committee has been investigating Hunter Biden's business practices in China and Ukraine, trying to link those deals with the president.