Before becoming a senator, Mark Kelly co-founded a company called World View, which started with space tourism but shifted to using high-tech balloons for surveillance, including for the U.S. Department of Defense. Interestingly, the company received early funding from Tencent, a major Chinese corporation with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. This connection raises eyebrows, especially as Kelly is considered a potential vice-presidential pick for Kamala Harris. Amid rising U.S.-China tensions over surveillance, Kelly's involvement with World View, now secured in a blind trust, adds a twist to his political journey.

Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., was not only an astronaut before he was elected to the Senate, but he also co-founded a spy balloon firm that received funding from a Chinese venture financier who had close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

Kelly, who is supposedly among Vice President Kamala Harris's short list of potential running mates, co-founded Tucson, Arizona-ba...