Former South Carolina State Representative R.J. May III, once a prominent figure in the state’s Republican Party, pleaded guilty on September 29, 2025, to five federal counts of distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
According to the Associated Press, the charges stem from his use of the Kik messaging app under the screen name “joebidennnn69” to share over 200 explicit videos involving toddlers and young children between March 30 and April 4, 2024. Each count carries a potential sentence of 5 to 20 years in federal prison, with sentencing scheduled for January 14, 2026.
