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(1951-)

Who Is Ben Carson?

Ben Carson went from being a poor student to receiving academic honors and eventually attending medical school.

As a doctor, he became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33 and earned fame for his groundbreaking work separating conjoined twins. He retired from medicine in 2013, and two years later he entered politics, making a bid to become the Republican candidate for U.S.

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Biography ben carson people

Carson dropped out of the race in March 2016 and became a vocal supporter of Republican nominee Donald Trump, eventually earning selection as President Trump's secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Birth and Family Background

Carson was born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 18, 1951, the second son of Sonya and Robert Solomon Carson.

His mother was raised in Tennessee in a very large family and dropped out of school in the third grade. With limited prospects in life, she married Baptist minister a