- Michael Haley, who serves in the National Guard, was deployed to Africa
- Haley frequently mentioned her husband’s service on the campaign trail
- READ MORE: DailyMail.com reported details of Haley’s alleged affairs in January
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley welcomed her husband Michael home Saturday after a months-long deployment overseas.
“That moment when you finally breathe… It’s been a long year but even longer without each other,” she wrote on social media. “Grateful for Michael’s safe return and the end of a year of prayer.”
Major Michael Haley serves in the National Guard and appeared with Haley in March 2023 when she announced her campaign for president.
Nikki Haley kisses her husband Michael after returning from deployment
He was then deployed to Africa in June as she continued her failed presidential campaign against former President Donald Trump.
Haley profiled her husband in a campaign ad in December, saying she would continue to demonstrate “American strength” abroad to keep service members like her husband from having to go to war.
In January, DailyMail.com exclusively revealed new details about her alleged dealings with her communications consultant and a South Carolina lobbyist.
Will Folks, 49, and Larry Marchant, 61, signed affidavits in 2010 alleging they had a sexual relationship with Haley while she was in the South Carolina House of Representatives.
Some details of Haley’s alleged affairs emerged during her gubernatorial campaign in 2010. At the time, she denied the reports, reassuring voters that she was 100 percent loyal to her husband.
Nikki Haley greets her husband Michael Haley after campaign event
Major Michael Haley, husband of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley kisses her husband, Maj. Michael Haley, following a deployment of his unit
In January, Haley and her campaign refused to comment on the Daily Mail article and ultimately banned reporters and photographers from her campaign events after the article was published.
Trump alluded to reports from the final months of the campaign.
“Where is her husband?” Oh, he’s missing… What happened to her husband? Where is he? He’s gone,” Trump told supporters at a rally in February.
‘They had. He knew it,” Trump added without specifically referring to the reported affairs.
Haley responded by accusing Trump of mocking her husband’s military service.
“Donald, if you have something to say, don’t say it behind my back; get on the debate stage and say it to my face,” she said.
Haley ended her campaign in March after losing the Republican nomination to Trump.
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