Darline Graham Nordone, the sister Lindsey Graham raised after they were orphaned as children, was appointed by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster on Monday to finish her late brother's US Senate term, becoming the state's first female senator.
The 62-year-old, who has never held elected office, was chosen roughly 48 hours after Graham died suddenly on Saturday at 71. A medical examiner's preliminary findings pointed to an aortic dissection, a tear in the body's main artery.
