South Carolina Senator Tim Scott will deliver the Republican party’s response to President Joe Biden’s first joint address to Congress on April 28, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday. “We face serious challenges on multiple fronts but I am as confident as I have ever been in the promise and potential of America,” Scott said in a statement. “I look forward to having an honest conversation with the American people and sharing Republicans’ optimistic vision for expanding opportunity and empowering working families.” Scott, 55, a first-term senator, is considered a potential 2024 presidential candidate, and last month received an endorsement from former President Donald Trump for his reelection bid in 2022. Trump at the time described Scott as “both an outstanding senator and person who works tirelessly for the people of his great state, and the USA.” “Strong on the military, law …