Tim Scott Marries Mindy Noce in Private Ceremony

Senator Tim Scott, 58, married 47-year-old interior designer Mindy Noce in an intimate ceremony at Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The wedding was attended by close family and notable GOP figures, including former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senators Lindsey Graham and John Thune. Scott, who had been a lifelong bachelor, expressed his joy on social media, sharing that Noce made him 'the happiest man alive.' The couple, who began dating in 2022, were engaged in January 2024. Scott and Noce's relationship began through mutual friends at church and shared interests in Bible study and pickleball. The wedding marks the first time in over 50 years that a sitting U.S. senator from South Carolina has married.