Tim Scott and his fiancée, Mindy Noce. (Fox News Digital)
As he ran for the White House last year, the now-58-year-old senator grabbed attention as the only major Republican presidential candidate who's never been married.
Scott spotlighted at a political event in Iowa in September that he was "dating a lovely Christian girl," as he addressed a large group of influential voters of faith in the state that traditionally leads off the GOP presidential nominating calendar.
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And in early November, moments after the end of the third Republican presidential primary debate, Scott appeared on stage for the first time with Noce, a Charleston-area interior designer and mother of three who was previously married.
Senator Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, right, speaks while standing next to former President Donald Trump during a campaign event in Concord, New Hampshire, on Friday, January 19, 2024. (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump, at the time, praised the engagement news, calling it "the biggest story out there."
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"We never thought this would happen," Trump joked on the campaign trail. "What’s going on?"
Scott, who enjoys high favorable ratings among GOP voters and who is the only Black Republican in the Senate, is considered one of a small group of people Trump is seriously considering as his vice presidential nominee, according to sources in the former president's political orbit.
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