--- title: Ben Carson: Watch A Video of Him Retelling His Life Story description: Watch a video of Ben Carson telling his life story everywhere from the National Prayer Breakfast to the presidential debates. canonical: https://time.com/4089641/ben-carson-life-story/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-28T02:48:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:07:21.488Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Ben Carson Retell His Life Story og:description: Everywhere from the National Prayer Breakfast to the presidential debates. og:url: https://time.com/4089641/ben-carson-life-story/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf7aac3b662416c/69886e69bc6cfc5b893da1b6/gettyimages-488685828.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ben Carson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ben Carson Retell His Life Story twitter:description: Everywhere from the National Prayer Breakfast to the presidential debates. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf7aac3b662416c/69886e69bc6cfc5b893da1b6/gettyimages-488685828.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Ben Carson Retell His Life Story by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 28, 2015 2:48 AM UTC  Ben Carson on in Simi Valley, Calif. Sept. 16, 2015. Ben Carson on in Simi Valley, Calif. Sept. 16, 2015.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 28, 2015 2:48 AM UTC Ben Carson’s rise from poverty to becoming one of the country’s top doctors is an American success story. His personal narrative has spread since [the 1992 release of his autobiography _Gifted Hands_,](http://time.com/4056213/ben-carson-gifted-hands/) which details his time growing up in Detroit to the 1987 separation of twins conjoined at the back of the head. It’s now a major part of his stump speech as he runs for the Republican presidential nomination. TIME put together this video of Carson telling his life story everywhere from interviews to the National Prayer Breakfast to the presidential debates. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4089641/ben-carson-life-story/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4089641/ben-carson-life-story/"},"headline":"Watch Ben Carson Retell His Life Story","datePublished":"2015-10-28T02:48:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:07:21.488Z","description":"It's a major part of his stump speech","url":"https://time.com/4089641/ben-carson-life-story/","keywords":["2016 Election topic","GOP","Election","Dr. Benjamin S. Carson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf7aac3b662416c/69886e69bc6cfc5b893da1b6/gettyimages-488685828.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf7aac3b662416c/69886e69bc6cfc5b893da1b6/gettyimages-488685828.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ben Carson","caption":"Ben Carson","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4089641/ben-carson-life-story/","name":"Watch Ben Carson Retell His Life Story"}}]}] ```