Thad Viers grew up in Socastee, South Carolina, off of Highway 814 in Ammons mobile home park.
In high school, he started a Teen Age Republican (TAR) club before becoming an office intern for the late U.S.
In 1995, Thad graduated from Socastee High School and then matriculated to The Citadel (military college) to pursue a Marine Corps commission, where he was awarded a three-year academic scholarship.
After the completion of the ABM Missile Treaty Project, he returned to South Carolina to become the District Field Representative for former U.S.
[4] In 2012, he was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives' newly created 7th District, during which he was charged with harassment of an ex-girlfriend and withdrew from the race.
He was released on a $5000 bond and subsequently withdrew his bid for the GOP nomination to the U.S. Congress from South Carolina's 7th congressional district, citing "personal reasons".
[9] In August 2014, Viers was indicted by a federal grand jury on fourteen felony charges including money laundering and making false statements to an IRS criminal investigator.