Joe Biden wanders onto Reacher set

That’s exactly what happened, according to Dillon. “It was just something very bizarre that I never could have imagined, both things were happening at the same time,” he told CBS, explaining that he was watching the TV crew film a car chase scene when “out walked these men, that I thought they were actors, but then the entire cast and crew started clapping and cheering… Then someone said, ‘We love you, Joe, we love you!'”

That person very well may have been star Alan Ritchson, who posted about the surprise encounter—which also included Biden’s son, Hunter—on Instagram today. “So our Reacher set got in the way of these legends,” Ritchson captioned his post, which also featured a series of photos of the actor and politician shaking hands. “Was a privilege and honor to meet the Biden family. They couldn’t have been more lovely. Kind, joyful, gracious and present.”

“We chatted briefly about simple stuff, like string theory and quantum entanglement. Then Joe beat me at arm wrestling. All in a day’s work,” Ritchson also quipped in his caption. 

CBS reports that the former first family spent about an hour inside the restaurant, but the Reacher cast and crew were “caught… off guard” by their visit. It was also reportedly “unclear whether the former president and his entourage knew what they were walking into.” Who knows—maybe Biden is also a fan of the beefiest dude on television.