Tim Scott set to become a stepfather after marrying Mindy Noce, his mother-of-three interior designer fiancée

South Carolina Senator and VP-hopeful Tim Scott will become a stepfather on August third when he weds Mindy Noce, an interior designer and mother of three.

Scott, 58, proposed to Noce, 47, in January just before the New Hampshire primary. The pair is getting married on August 3 in Charleston, South Carolina. 

Noce, a Charleston-area designer, has three grown children with her ex-husband. Scott has never been married. 

Lifelong bachelor Scott has long been private about his dating life, but after meeting Noce at church a year ago and bonding over Bible study he said he knew he had met his 'soul mate.' 

Noce has lived in South Carolina since she graduated from the College of Charleston, where she majored in Health Science.

According to her firm's website, Noce was introduced to the area when her three older brothers played football at The Citadel.

South Carolina Senator and VP-hopeful Tim Scott will become a stepfather on August third when he weds Mindy Noce, an interior designer and mother of three

She has resided at Isle of Palms and Daniel Island for almost eighteen years, and is as self described, 'mover-and-shaker with a creative eye and love for people.'

Scott said he asked Noce's parents for permission to marry her two weeks before Christmas and then spent a month planning his proposal.

Originally he said he was going to ask her after a game of pickleball, but his friend suggested he choose something more romantic.

He settled on Kiawah Island but said the cold weather meant persuading Noce not to wear gloves was difficult.

Scott said: '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.

'In our first conversation that went about an hour and a half or two, we ended up deciding to do a Bible study together.'

At first Scott was secretive about their relationship, leading some to question whether his girlfriend really existed.

Asked at the post-debate spin room about his girlfriend, Sen. Scott nonchalantly replied: 'She's great.' He told reporters the pair have been dating for 'several months.'

In September, Scott told a crowd in Iowa, 'I'm dating a lovely Christian girl,' though her identity remained a secret.

After the November debate, Noce joined the senator on stage to take photos and was seen holding his hand.

The Washington Post did an in-depth piece on the senator's love life, and Scott said a friend from church had set the pair up.

The two hit it off talking about God and using an app to do a Bible study together.

Noce, a Charleston-area designer, has three grown children with her ex-husband. Scott has never been married

Scott, 58, proposed to Noce, 47, in January just before the New Hampshire primary. The pair is getting married on August 3 in Charleston, South Carolina

On a date at a Charleston restaurant she ordered the steak and he got the swordfish, and even though they shared dishes, the senator would later learn she doesn't like swordfish.

The couple played pickle ball, and Scott was embarrassed to find out that he was the 'weak man on the court.'

Early in his career, Scott claimed to have been a 30-year-old virgin and ran a campaign on a pledge of abstinence.

In 2012, after 16 years in public life and winning a seat in the US House at 46-years-old and still unmarried, Scott admitted he is no longer a virgin.