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(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, best-selling author and former presidential candidate. When Carson became ...

The retired neurosurgeon and former housing secretary is a wild card in the vice-presidential sweepstakes. His main advantage is that Donald Trump genuinely likes him. By Michael C. Bender Reporting ...

For NPR's feature "First Mention," we find that we first heard about Dr. Ben Carson on July 5, 1987, after he successfully completed a radical... First Mention: Ben Carson Performs Pediatric Brain ...