What is the iff condition for a set to have Supporting Hyperplane?

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Of course, a compact set has Supporting Hyperplanes (SH), a convex set with boundary has SH. Those conditions are sufficient, but not necessary.

What is the sufficient and necessary condition for a given set to have at least one supporting hyperlane?

Does the set $\{(x,y)|y>tan(x)\}$ has a supporting hyperplane?

For example, the set $\{(x,y)|x,y\in\mathbb Z\}$ does not have a supporting hyperplane, because any line in $\mathbb R^n$ cannot bound the set.

$\{(x,y)|x,y\in\mathbb N^*\}$ does have one where $\mathbb N^*$ is the set of positive naturals.