(1953-08-19) August 19, 1953 (age 70) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Ben Carson
(m. 1975)
Children
3
Alma mater
Yale University (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MBA)
Candy Carson and Ben Carson with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush in 2008
Lacena "Candy" Carson (née Rustin; born August 19, 1953) is an American author and businesswoman. She is married to former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and retired neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson and co-founded the Carson Scholars Fund. Alongside her husband, she is the co-author of four books.[1] During her husband's run for the 2016 Republican nomination for President of the United States, Carson was active on the campaign trail doing TV appearances and solo live campaign appearances.[2]
^Barnes, Fred (January 26, 2015). "Taking Ben Carson Seriously". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
^"With Ben Carson a contender, a look at wife Candy". The Hill. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Lacena "Candy" Carson (née Rustin; born August 19, 1953) is an American author and businesswoman. She is married to former Secretary of Housing and Urban...
shaped Ben Carson". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on December 17, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2016. Carson, Ben; Carson, Candy (2012). America...
stated that, beginning prior to Carson's confirmation in March, she had been repeatedly pressured by Carson's wife CandyCarson, through interim secretary...
development, their joy and their hope." In November 2017, Hughes joined CandyCarson and others at the invitation of Homemakers for America for the grand...
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson and referenced President Barack Obama, tweeting, "Ben and CandyCarson terrific. What about a real black President...
wife, Lacena (Candy) Rustin, with whom he shares a love of music and, eventually, commitment to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Carson then focuses on...
to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties, a 2015 book Ben Carson (written with CandyCarson) A More Perfect Union: A Comedy, a 1960s typescript by Whitfield...
Not-So-Glam TV Star Rachel Renee Russell June 8, 2014 One Nation Ben Carson with CandyCarson September 30, 2014 Dork Diaries Book 8: Tales From a Not-So-Happily...
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals CandyCarson (MAS) - Violinist; wife of Ben Carson Segun Toyin Dawodu (MBA '09) – Physician, entrepreneur...
Cidizens") 2012; The Cooling, 2015; Rerun City, 2017; Morse Code, 2019; and Candy Apple Red, 2022. The Cooling and Rerun City were recorded at Pachyderm Studios...
feature film roles; portraying Eric Gibb in The Boy Who Could Fly, Chip Carson in Not Quite Human, Grover Dunn in The Invisible Kid, Sonny Bono in The...
Candy Claws is an American dream pop group formed in Fort Collins, Colorado in 2007. It consists of founding members Ryan Hover, Karen Hover and Hank...
Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin (born Macaulay Carson Culkin; August 26, 1980 (1980-08-26)) is an American actor and musician. He rose to prominence as...
Danny Queenie Smith as Beatrice Bert Conway as Pete Shock Marlo Dwyer as CandyCarson Russ Conway as Detective Blake Marta Mitrovich as Sadie "Prisoners in...
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daughter, Candy, and a son, Mark, who died in 2003. Newsom and Carson used audiences' low expectations for Newsom to good advantage: One night Carson turned...
as typist and stenographer, and she worked at a candy company. In 1946, while still in her teens, Carson won an audition to the radio program Stairway to...
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock is a 1959 American comedy science fiction film starring Lou Costello and Dorothy Provine and directed by Sidney Miller...
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