Christian Murdock / APRepublican Dr. Ben Carson speaks during a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in November 2016.
Kenneth K. Lam, The Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson is pictured in his West Friendship home.
Alex Wong, Getty ImagesPresident George W. Bush presents a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Benjamin Carson.
Kevork Djansezian / Getty ImagesCandy Carson and Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speak during a campaign rally at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.
Evan Vucci / APIn this Feb. 21, 2017, file photo, then-Housing and Urban Development Secretary-designate Dr. Ben Carson, listens as President Donald Trump speaks after touring the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington.
Lloyd Fox, Baltimore SunThe little turtle and bear were gifts from a couple of Dr. Ben Carson's young patients. "They're important to little kids, who sometimes want to give [things like this] to me. They're reminders [to me] about how important it is for them to be feeling good."
Karen Jackson, BALTIMORE SUNScott Lawrence talks with Dr. Ben Carson at the American Red Cross Hometown Heroes event.
Kim Hairston, Baltimore SunDr. Ben Carson makes the first of two Baltimore appearances May 7 at the Bilingual Christian Church on Erdman Avenue.
Kim Hairston, Baltimore SunDr. Ben Carson makes the first of two Baltimore appearances May 7 at the Bilingual Christian Church on Erdman Avenue.
APDr. Keith Goh, foreground, adjusts the frame on conjoined Iranian twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani while Dr Ben Carson looks on as they commence neurosurgery for the operation to separate them Sunday, July 6, 2003, in Singapore.
Lloyd Fox, Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson stands in front of a large stained glass panel that reads "Think Big."
Karen Jackson, Baltimore SunDr. Ben Carson and Candy Carson attend the Foundation Fighting Blindness Dinner in 2008.
Mark J. Terrill / APBen Carson, fourth from left, at a 2015 Republican presidential debate with fellow candidates John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Rand Paul.
Kevork Djansezian / Getty ImagesRepublican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during a campaign rally at the Anaheim Convention Center.
MONICA LOPOSSAY, Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson with actor Cuba Gooding Jr., who portrayed him in a TNT movie.
Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson, discusses the surgery to separate adult twins conjoined at the head, Ladan and Laleh Bijani.
Algerina Perna, The Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson
Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesRepublican presidential hopeful Ben Carson tours the Iowa State Fair.
Kenneth K. Lam, The Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson is surprised by his office staff who presented him with a copy of "Chip the Dam Builder," which is the first book he remembered reading at a young age. The book had long been out of print.
Michael B. Thomas / Getty ImagesRepublican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks during the Eagle Forum's Eagle Council event in St. Louis, Missouri.
Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson discusses the surgery to separate adult twins conjoined at the head, Ladan and Laleh Bijani.
Lloyd Fox, Baltimore SunDr. Ben Carson at Johns Hopkins.
Pool, Getty ImagesDr. Benjamin Carson speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast.
Algerina Perna, The Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson, neurosurgeon and president and co-founder of the Carson Scholars Fund, announces the receipt of a $200,000 grant from the Abell Foundation for Baltimore City Public Schools. Dr. Ben Carson greets students and adults after the press conference.
DAVID HOBBY, Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson (center) speaks to Joseph Curran and Katie O'Malley at the gala for the Reginald F. Lewis Museum at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.
RAVEENDRAN, AFPGetty ImagesNeurosurgeon Benjamin Carson (center) stands behind 10-year-old twins Sabah (bottom, second left) and Farah during a press conference at the Indraprashtra Apollo Hospital in New Delhi.
Lloyd Fox, Baltimore SunDr. Ben Carson in his office at Johns Hopkins.
Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesRepublican presidential hopeful Ben Carson speaks during the Iowa State Fair.
Kenneth K. Lam, The Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson at his West Friendship home.
MONICA LOPOSSAY, Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson is being featured in TNT movie staring Oscar winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr.
WALTER MCCARDELL, BALTIMORE SUNDr. Benjamin Carson is pictured with 4-1/2 year-old Kathryn Busan.
Michael B. Thomas / Getty ImagesDr. Ben Carson is introduced to the crowd during the Eagle Forum's Eagle Council event in St. Louis, Missouri.
Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesRepublican presidential hopeful Ben Carson looks on during church services at Maple Street Missionary Baptist Church in Des Moines , Iowa.
ANDRE LAMBERTSON, The Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson before he went to South Africa with a team of 20 doctors to separate twins.
Lloyd Fox, Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson at his desk at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Lloyd Fox, Baltimore SunDr. Ben Carson at Johns Hopkins.
CHRISTOPHER T. ASSAF, Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson uses a model of the conjoined twins to explain part of the procedure to separate them.
Lloyd Fox, Baltimore SunDr. Ben Carson starts his work day by reading something from one of his devotional books, "Grace for the Moment" and "My Utmost for His Highest."
Kenneth K. Lam, The Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson at home.
PERRY THORSVIK, The Baltimore SunDr. Benjamin Carson demonstrates how he used Virtual Workstation to practice an operation to separate twins joined at the head.
Philip B. Poston / APU.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson addresses the media outside of The Village at Westerly Creek after touring the HUD funded property in 2018.
Kevork Djansezian / Getty ImagesRepublican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks a campaign rally at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Allen J. Schaben / TNSRepublican presidential candidate Ben Carson takes a photo with Dr. Tamara Hoover, right, after speaking to supporters at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Karl Merton Ferron, BALTIMORE SUNDr. Benjamin Carson speaks during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast at the Baltimore Convention Center.
Kim Hairston, Baltimore SunDr. Ben Carson at the Bilingual Christian Church on Erdman Avenue in May 2017.
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In a week of 2016 presidential hopefuls weighing and announcing their candidacies, Dr. Ben Carson is keeping his name in the conversation.
The former Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon said in a post on Facebook Monday that he will return to his hometown of Detroit next month to announce whether he will seek the Republican nomination.
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Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former Secretary of State and First Lady, announced Sunday she would run. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican, followed by kicking off his campaign on Monday.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul, of Kentucky, rolled out his campaign last week.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat who has expressed interest in running for president, will announce his decision about whether to run for president by late May, an aide said April 10.
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