Graham Announces, GOP Field Now 9

In April, there was only a 91 percent chance that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) would run for president of the United States. Now, he's 100 percent ready.

On Monday morning, the longtime hopeful officially announced his 2016 presidential run in his hometown of Central, South Carolina, in front of his family's restaurant and pool hall.

"I'm Lindsey Graham and I'm running for president of the United States," he said during the campaign launch -- and, as he added later in the announcement, he is "ready to be commander in chief...

Lindsey Graham is running for president because, he says, "the world is falling apart."

And if Americans are looking for a commander-in-chief, the South Carolina senator believes he's it.

Graham, who told CNN last month he's been "more right than wrong on foreign policy," announced his presidential bid in his hometown of Central, South Carolina, on Monday. He hopes that his track record on foreign affairs will give him the advantage in a wide-open primary fight.