Ben Carson, Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson speaks in support of President Trump before the Republican caucus at Heartland Presbyterian Church in Clive on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson speaks in support of President Trump before the Republican caucus at Heartland Presbyterian Church in Clive on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson listens during a briefing on the disaster response in Texas with Governor Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump at the Texas Department of Public Safety Emergency Operations Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Aug. 29, 2017, as rains from Hurricane Harvey continue to flood parts of Texas.

President Donald Trump holds an African American History Month listening session attended by the nominee to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson (R), Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault (L), and other officials in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Feb. 1, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Republican Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks to the media at the National Press Club on Feb. 3, 2016, in Washington, DC. Carson talked about unfair campaign tactics leading up to Monday's Iowa caucus.

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson hands off a crying baby as he tours the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015.

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson tries a piece of pizza as he tours the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015.

HUD Secretary Ben Carson visited the Housing Authority of Milwaukee West Lawn Property to announce the final rule implementing the section 3 statute on Sept. 28, 2020. The final rule is designed to improve focus on economic opportunity while reducing the regulatory burden on those entities that receive those funds. Here, HUD Secretary Ben Carson, center, asks questions while looking at the homes on the West Lawn of the City of Milwaukee Housing Authority, Executive Director Antonio Perez, left.

Dr. Ben Carson, the Republican neurosurgeon running for Republican president, gives a media briefing after Carson and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu take a tour on the helicopter of Pinal County, where smuggler scouts hang out on a mountain range on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015.

Dr. Ben Carson, the Republican neurosurgeon running for Republican president, takes a lunch break at Silver Saddle Steak House, Tucson, Az, with Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015.

Republican Dr. Ben Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, speaks as he officially announces his candidacy for President of the United States at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts on May 4, 2015, in Detroit, Mich.

Republican Dr. Ben Carson (C), a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, spoke as he officially announced his candidacy for President of the United States at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts on May 4, 2015, in Detroit, Mich.

US Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson holds a jersey presented to him during a campaign rally at Liberty University on Nov. 11, 2015, in Lynchburg, Va. The US Secret Service has started protecting the former neurosurgeon, one of the leaders in the GOP primary field.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson (C) speaks to patrons at The Airport Diner on Feb. 7, 2016, in Manchester, New Hampshire. Carson was campaigning in the lead-up to the New Hampshire primary on Feb. 9, 2016.

US conservative Ben Carson addressed the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, MD., outside Washington, DC, on Feb. 26, 2015.

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson participates in the Republican presidential primary debate on Aug. 6, 2015, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

Republican presidential hopefuls Ben Carson (L) and Donald Trump look on during the Republican Presidential Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, September 16, 2015. Republican presidential candidates collectively turned their sights on frontrunner Donald Trump at the party's second debate, aiming for his lack of political experience and sometimes abrasive style.

Dr. Ben Carson speaks at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition convention on Jan. 18, 2015, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Various conservative presidential hopefuls spoke at the gathering on the second day of a three-day event.

Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson speaks during the Energizing America Gala at the 2015 Southern Republican Leadership Conference on May 22, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. About a dozen possible presidential candidates joined the conference and lobbied for support from Republican voters.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson (R) takes a selfie as he greets guests outside the Alpha Gamma Rho house during a campaign stop at Iowa State University on Oct. 24, 2015 in Ames, Iowa. A recent poll indicates that Carson has surged past Donald Trump to lead the race for the Republican presidential nomination in Iowa.

Republican presidential candidates Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) (L) and Ben Carson participate in the first prime-time presidential debate hosted by FOX News and Facebook at the Quicken Loans Arena on Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland, Ohio. The top ten GOP candidates were selected to participate in the debate based on their rank in an average of the five most recent national political polls.

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks at an anti-abortion rally opposing federal funding for Planned Parenthood in front of the U.S. Capitol on July 28, 2015, in Washington, DC. Planned Parenthood faces mounting criticism amid the release of videos by a pro-life group and demands to vote in the Senate to stop funding.

Republican presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson attends a Roast and Ride event hosted by freshman Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) on June 6, 2015, in Boone, Iowa. Ernst hopes the event, featuring a motorcycle tour, a pig roast, and speeches from several 2016 presidential hopefuls, becomes an Iowa Republican tradition.

Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Ben Carson speaks during the "Road to Majority" conference on June 19, 2015, in Washington, DC. Conservatives gathered at the annual event held by the Faith & Freedom Coalition, and Concerned Women for America held the annual event to discuss politics.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during a campaign rally at the Anaheim Convention Center on Sept. 9, 2015, in Anaheim, California. Carson's poll numbers have surged nationally and in the early voting state of Iowa following his performance in the first Republican debate on Aug. 6, 2015.

Republican candidate for U.S. President Ben Carson speaks to reporters before the start of the Republican Presidential Debates at the Reagan Library on Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, California. Eleven Republican presidential hopefuls are participating in the main debate, the second of this primary season.

Dr. Ben Carson (R) participates in the North Texas Presidential Forum at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. Presidential candidates were invited to address the audience for 10 minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion with Dr. Jack Graham (L), pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, a 40,000-member church.

Former presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks with Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani before the start of the third U.S. presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on Oct. 19, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tonight is the final debate ahead of Election Day on Nov. 8.