Former President Donald Trump is considering picking Dr. Ben Carson to be his running mate. The two have grown closer in the last decade, going from competing candidates in the 2016 Republican presidential primary to Carson serving as secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Trump administration.

Age

Carson was born on Sept. 18, 1951. He is 72 years old.

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