Is scott bessent treasury secretary gay

Donald Trump’s gay nominee for secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, who lives in Charleston, South Carolina with his husband and family, is the first Senate-approved LGBTQ+ member in a Republican cabinet.

On January 28, , Bessent was sworn in as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury by U.S. Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh. [50] Bessent became the first openly gay person to lead the U.S. Treasury Department, and just the second openly gay U.S. Senate-confirmed Cabinet secretary.