In one of the more bizarre scandals in American history, when South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford went missing in June 2009, his staff claimed he was “hiking the Appalachian trail.” It turned out that Sanford’s explanation was just an elaborate euphemism for “visiting my mistress in Argentina.” When the runaway governor finally confessed his whereabouts, he admitted, "I've been unfaithful to my wife" and described the woman, Maria Belen Chapur, as his “soulmate.” Now, more than two years after divorcing his wife of 20 years, Sanford is engaged to Belen. “I’m both happy and excited for what that means,” Sanford told CNN. “I have long expressed my feelings for her; she’s a wonderful person.”