Tim Scott endorses Trump at rally in New Hampshire Friday evening

 Scott, the only black Republican in the US Senate, ended his presidential bid in November

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott on Friday endorsed former President Trump in the race for the 2024 Republican nomination.

Scott, who ended his run for the White House in November, announced his support for Trump alongside the former president at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire, on Friday evening.

Scott said, "We need a president who doesn't see black or white. We need a president who sees Americans as one American family." "And that's why I came to the very hot state of New Hampshire to support the next president of the United States, President Donald Trump."

Trump, who is the frontrunner in the race for the GOP nomination, and Nikki Haley, a former U.N. ambassador and former South Carolina governor, both called the senator in recent days as they both tried to secure Scott's endorsement. Sources confirmed.

While Scott's presidential campaign failed to ignite, he remains very popular among Republican primary voters and his endorsement has been overwhelmingly solicited by the remaining GOP candidates.

As Scott ended his presidential bid, he made it clear he had no immediate plans to endorse another candidate. But sources within his political circle told Fox News at the time that the senator was prepared to endorse a nominee.

Scott's endorsement of Trump, whom the senator rarely criticized during his campaign for the White House, is the latest major endorsement for the former president in the state that holds the first southern primary in the GOP nomination race.

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have long supported Trump.

The state's Feb. 24 Republican presidential primary is the next major contest on the Republican schedule after Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. The contest is winner-take-all, meaning the winner in the Palmetto State will put all 50 Republican delegates at stake.

Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, launched his presidential campaign in May at an event in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Standing just a few miles from where he grew up, Scott highlighted that "We live in a country where a day for a child raised in poverty by a single mother in a small apartment It is possible to serve in the People's House and perhaps even the White House."

The senator told Fox News at the time that he was "stunned by the hunger for something positive, as long as it's based on conservatism. As long as you have a backbone."

But his positive and uplifting message failed to resonate in the GOP presidential nomination race dominated by Trump, who often highlighted his grievances during his third consecutive run for the White House.

By late autumn, Scott was struggling to qualify for the debates and his polling numbers were stuck in the single digits.

On November 12, Scott announced he was ending his White House bid during an appearance on Fox News' "Sunday Night in America" with Trey Gowdy.

Scott said, "I think the voters, who are the most remarkable people on the planet, have been really clear that they are telling me, 'Not yet, Tim.'

Haley and Scott have a long political history. They both served together in the state legislature and as the then governor in 2012. Haley appointed then-Rep. Scott in the Senate to fill a vacancy.