Ben Carson is not interested in being Donald Trump's running mate, telling The Wall Street Journal on Thursday he would be "a distraction" and it's "too important a time in our life."
Carson is helping Trump in his quest to pick a vice presidential candiate, and he said Democrats may be vetted. "We would consider people who are Americans and who put America first," he said. In an interview with CNBC, Trump said there is "probably a 40 percent chance" he would choose one of the 16 Republican candidates who ran against him. "I've gotten to be friends with a lot of those people, and I guess perhaps enemies with a couple," he said.
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