Tim Scott is the latest Republicancandidate for president of the United States.<br /><br />The South Carolina senator officially declared his candidacy following weeks of speculation.<br /><br />Considered a rising star within the Republicans, in 2021 Mr Scott responded on behalf of the party to president Joe Biden’s inaugural congressional address.<br /><br />He is currently the only Black GOP senator and is the first since 1979.<br /><br />At the time of his 2013 appointment, he was also the first Black senator to represent a state on the Confederate side of the Civil War.
