Sen. Tim Scott Marries Fiancée Mindy Noce in South Carolina

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) announces his run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination at an event in north Charleston, S.C., on May 22, 2023. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott, a former GOP presidential candidate, married fiancée Mindy Noce in a South Carolina chapel at the weekend.

Scott, 58, married Noce, a 47-year-old interior designer, in Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on Aug. 3, according to local media The Post and Courier.

“Tonight, we promised to cherish and nourish each other and our marriage for the rest of our lives,” Scott stated on social media platform X. “Mindy, you’ve made me the happiest man alive. I love you.”

Scott shared some wedding photos on X, along with a Bible verse that read, “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

The ceremony was attended by the couple’s close family and friends, along with Scott’s fellow Republicans, including former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.).

Also in attendance were South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), former North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker, and former South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy.

“Congrats to @SenatorTimScott & Mindy on a beautiful wedding in Charleston. I love this man and I’ve watched his heart for God lived out in a difficult arena,” Walker stated on X.

Noce has lived in Charleston, South Carolina, for 18 years since graduating from the College of Charleston, where she majored in health science. She has three children, according to her firm’s website.

The couple got engaged in January. They first met at a church in 2022 and connected during a Bible study, according to local media.

Scott said in an interview with The Post and Courier before his wedding that he believed now was the right time to get married.

“Part of the blessing for me was not getting married before now,” he told the news outlet. “Right girl, wrong time is a mess. Wrong girl, right time is chaos.”

Former President Donald Trump congratulated the newlyweds on his social media platform Truth Social.

“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,” he said.

Scott, the only black Republican in the U.S. Senate, endorsed Trump for president in January. He ended his presidential bid last year after struggling to boost his standing in the Republican primary race.