Former Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott is leaving bachelorhood behind.
The South Carolina senator, whose name is being rumored as a potential vice-presidential pick for former President Donald Trump, just got engaged.
The 58-year-old bachelor proposed to his girlfriend and “soul mate” Mindy Noce on the beach in Kiawah Island in South Carolina on Saturday. He reportedly asked her parents for their blessing before popping the question to the 47-year-old mother of three.
“She said YES,” he wrote in a post on social media along with pictures of the couple, with the interior designer bride-to-be showing off her new engagement ring.
She said YES.
Mindy, thank you for making me the luckiest man in the world.
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord” – Proverbs 18:22 pic.twitter.com/FhspUVmSkY
— Tim Scott (@votetimscott) January 22, 2024
“As a guy who is mostly an introvert and on the quiet side, having to have a conversation about the engagement is a little, you know, uncomfortable in a way, but it’s the most exciting thing I’ll do with my life besides making Jesus my Lord,” Scott told The Washington Post in an interview a day later.
“I’ve been very patient and prayerful, and I’m really excited and somewhat nervous, and I couldn’t be more thankful for having found a soul mate and someone who shares a lot of the same interests, passions and goals that I do,” he added.
The senator faced a barrage of questions about his love life as he campaigned for president and raised more curiosity when he introduced Noce after a primary debate in Miami, Florida. Scott ended his White House bid in November and just endorsed former President Donald Trump.
South Carolina Senator @votetimscott endorses Donald J. Trump for President! pic.twitter.com/9ehXhLFaSH
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 20, 2024
“My joke is as soon as I saw her picture, I figured it out. But the truth is about two weeks into it, I knew there was something very different about her and her faith,” Scott told the Washington Post. “In our first conversation that went about an hour and a half or two, we ended up deciding to do a Bible study together.”
He strategically planned the proposal and even encountered a small hiccup along the way.
One of his friends rejected an early idea of proposing after a pickleball game, a hobby that both of them enjoy, he said.
“He settled on a sunset proposal on Kiawah Island, prompting a long drive Saturday to the frigid beach. He described awkwardly trying to dissuade her from wearing gloves when they walked out on the sand, and positioned someone to take a photograph of the event,” WaPo reported.
Speaking with Fox News host Trey Gowdy, Scott described how the day he proposed was “sacred.”
“Going to the beach and getting on one knee, and asking Mindy to marry me was so much more important than anything else, and I wanted to make sure that that sacred day would not be disturbed by anything political,” he said.
Scott was congratulated by many including some GOP colleagues.
Congratulations!!
— Marjorie Taylor Greene (@mtgreenee) January 22, 2024
Awwwww huge congratulations to you both. God bless you ❤️
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) January 22, 2024
He is an amazing senator. I wish him the best.
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) January 22, 2024
Congratulations!
— Alex Bruesewitz (@alexbruesewitz) January 22, 2024
Congratulations! May you have a long and happy marriage!
— Molly Pitcher (@AmericanMama86) January 22, 2024
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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