biden and jill biden and to share this office with their chinese partners. carley: he accused them of knowing about the shady relationship. the biden family has not responded to any of the allegations. ghislaine maxwell's high profile trial kicking off as prosecutors called a socialite essential to jeffrey epstein's scheme to pray on underage girls. todd: good morning. >> reporter: ghislaine maxwell's defense attorneys portray the 59-year-old as jeffrey epstein's scapegoat, the disgraced financier at shadow looms over the trial. maxwell's attorney telling the jury of 7 women and 5 men ever since evil is accused of tempting adam for the apple women have been blamed for the bad behavior of men. they say maxwell is not like jeffrey epstein and not like any of the other men. powerful men, moguls, media giants who abuse women but