During his multiple decade career as a neurosurgeon, Carson most notably was a member of several surgeries involving conjoined twins. After retiring in 2013, Carson eventually turned his attention to politics, announcing his candidacy for the 2016 Republican nomination in May 2015. Like many candidates on the GOP side, Carson experienced a turn at the top of the polls in the fall of 2015 only to see that fall away in the wake of numerous questions about discrepancies in Carson’s biographical accounts. Carson’s sleepy and sometimes borderline incoherent performances during primary debates further hurt his chances with Carson eventually suspending his campaign in March 2016 and subsequently endorsing Trump, a move that earned him his cabinet position in which he has made little, if any, impact so far.