FILE - South Carolina state Rep. Tim Scott, one of nine Republicans running for the GOP nomination in the state's 1st Congressional District, talks with a supporter, June 8, 2010, in North Charleston, S.C. Scott's life has been a series of people offering a hand that helped him get ahead. Now the senator from South Carolina waits to see if former President Donald Trump gives him another boost and makes him the vice presidential nominee. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)