'She said YES': Sen. Tim Scott announces engagement

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina announced that he is engaged.

"She said YES. Mindy, thank you for making me the luckiest man in the world," Scott tweeted, sharing a photo that captured him down on one knee and another photo of the happy couple smiling together.

Scott said they plan to get married this year, according to the Washington Post, which noted that Scott, 58, has never been married, but was previously engaged over 20 years ago.

"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 said, according to the Washington Post. "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 noted.

"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," he said, according to the 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."

Scott, who launched a presidential bid but later dropped out last year, endorsed former President Donald Trump last week, even as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who appointed Scott to the U.S. Senate more than a decade ago, challenges Trump for the GOP presidential nod.

"Congratulations, Tim and Mindy! Sharon and I are so happy for both of you, and wish you a long, happy life together," GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, who also endorsed Trump earlier this month, tweeted in response to Scott's engagment announcement on X.

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