Tim Scott marries in South Carolina
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) tied the knot with fiancée Mindy Noce in a ceremony over the weekend in South Carolina.
The pair exchanged vows on Saturday at Seacoast Church in Charleston, nearly eight months after the South Carolina senator proposed to Noce, an interior designer, The Post and Courier reported.
"Tonight, we promised to cherish and nourish each other and our marriage for the rest of our lives. Mindy, you've made me the happiest man alive. I love you," Scott wrote Saturday on X.
Posting two photos from the ceremony, Scott shared a Bible verse, Matthew 19:6, that read, "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
Close family and friends, along with former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, and Sens. John Thune (S.D.), James Lankford (Okla.) and John Barrasso (Wyo.) were in attendance for the special day, the Post and Courier reported.
Fox News host and former Rep. Trey Gowdy (S.C.), who co-wrote a book with Scott in 2018, also attended the event, the Post and Courier added.
The couple began dating after meeting via church, Scott said, where they bonded over bible study. During his brief presidential campaign last year, the senator often declined to comment about his personal life until last September, when he revealed he did have a "special someone."
He didn’t name Noce at the time, referring to her only as a “lovely Christian girl.” She was first seen in public two months later, when she joined him on stage at a presidential debate in November.
Before revealing that he was in a relationship late last year, speculation stoked on the senator’s love life. Some wondered if he could be the first unmarried president in more than a century before he ended his campaign for the White House.
Former President Trump, who was endorsed by Scott earlier this year, congratulated the senator and Noce on social media.
"Congratulations to my longtime friend, Senator Tim Scott, and his beautiful bride, Mindy Noce, who were married today in the Great State of South Carolina. You have a GREAT future. God bless you both!" Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday.