After his father fell out of political favour with the South Korean government, Chin was sent to Toronto on his own to continue his education and attend junior high school.
After completing high school at East York Collegiate Institute (with a brief stint living in the Washington, D.C., area with his parents), Chin went to the University of Toronto.
[1] On February 16, 2006, Chin was the Liberal Party nominee for the provincial by-election in Toronto—Danforth, held to fill the vacancy created when NDP incumbent Marilyn Churley resigned to run in the 2006 federal election.
[2] Chin was defeated by his NDP opponent, Peter Tabuns, the former executive director of Greenpeace Canada and a former Toronto City Councillor for part of the riding.
[6][7] On February 27, 2019, Chin became a figure of criticism after former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould accused him, among others, of applying inappropriate pressure to a decision regarding a deferred prosecution agreement for Quebec contractor SNC-Lavalin.