Late Night Calls Lindsey Graham’s Senate Seat ‘an Inheritance Jackpot’

South Carolina Republican U.S. Representative William Timmons has addressed what he called growing speculation over whether he plans to seek the U.S. Senate seat left vacant following Saturday night's sudden death of longtime GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, 71.

The state GOP will hold a special contest on 11 August to choose a new Senate nominee, who will face off against Democrat Annie Andrews in the November midterms.

But he worried most about his sister, who, at 13, was suddenly an orphan.

The younger sister of Graham, 71, by nine years, Graham Nordone’s swearing-in was conducted by Vice President J.D. Vance at a well-attended ceremony Tuesday on the Senate floor.