Tim Scott is a New York Times bestselling author, successful small businessman, and U.S. senator from South Carolina. Having grown up poor in a single-parent household, he has made it his mission to positively affect the lives of a billion people through a message of hope and opportunity. He is the first African American to be elected to both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate, and he currently serves on the Senate Committee on Financial Services; the Committee on Banking; the Committee on Small Business; the Committee on Aging; and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. He lives in South Carolina.