Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) stoked speculation that he could be Donald Trump’s pick for vice president after he endorsed the former president in the GOP primary on Friday.

His engagement announcement only added to the whispers that he’s on Trump’s short list, chatter that has been well received by Scott’s colleagues in the Senate.

Scott, 58, announced over the weekend that he had proposed to girlfriend Mindy Noce on Saturday evening in South Carolina. The lifelong bachelor was previously engaged more than two decades ago, though this will be his first marriage. 

“He’s preparing for it. He’s getting married,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said of Scott and the vice presidency, calling him a “good guy” who would “be good” in the role. 

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Scott’s home state colleague and a close Trump ally, told the Washington Examiner that he had spoken to the former president about Scott joining the 2024 ticket. 

“I’ve always thought he’d be a good pick for any Republican nominee,” Graham said. “There are other good picks too, but I think Tim should be on anybody’s short list.”

As for Trump, Graham said, “He likes [Scott] a lot,” though he dismissed the idea that the engagement had anything to do with the 2024 race.

 “I think he’s found the right person in his life, and I’m happy for him,” he said. 

Scott has a deep well of support in the Senate, where he’s served since being appointed to his seat in 2012 by former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Trump’s last remaining rival in the 2024 race. Scott, who mounted his own unsuccessful presidential bid, received some of the only endorsements in the chamber that have not gone to the former president.

“Honestly, if that comes to pass, what a blessing for the country,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) said of Trump choosing Scott as his running mate. “He is such an exceptional person, just in terms of his core values, his life experience.”

“Where Trump has a sharp edge, he can smooth those sharp edges,” she added. 

Even Republicans who oppose the former president’s bid for a second term had positive reactions to the notion of Scott joining Trump on the 2024 ticket. 

“I think he would make a good vice president. He’s very capable; he cares,” said Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), who endorsed Scott while he was running in the 2024 primary. “He brings a different point of view than a lot of people have because he’s been through that school of hard knocks. He’s gone through tough times in school. He’s made it on his own in the business world, and at the same time, he is a very, very approachable individual.”

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who has said she won’t support the former president in the primary, told the Washington Examiner that Scott would be “an attractive candidate.”

A Scott spokesperson declined to comment on the vice presidential speculation when reached by the Washington Examiner. 

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Scott has refused to rule out being Trump’s running mate since dropping out of the race himself, telling CNN on Sunday, “The only thing I want is four more years of Donald Trump and a Republican majority in the Senate, majority in the House, and the White House so that poor kids who are today growing up in neighborhoods like I grew up in have a chance for quality education.”

Asked how one should interpret his statement, Scott replied, “You could take it any way you want.”

David Sivak contributed to this report.