Fant currently serves on Greenville County Council representing District 25, and is Senior Pastor of Pleasantville Missionary Baptist Church in Powdersville, South Carolina.
Fant served as a Democratic member for the 23rd district in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991.
[2] In 2012, Fant filed to run for South Carolina Senate District 7, when Ralph Anderson was considering stepping down.
[3] In 2024, Fant was challenged by Lisa Sweeney, Patrick Prince, and activist Derrick Quarles, who had previously run for South Carolina House of Representatives District 25.
Fant narrowly defeated Quarles in a contested[4] runoff on June 25.