Fans voted country radio personality and “American Idol” mentor Bobby Bones into the winner's circle of “Dancing With the Stars” last November. Now he has his eye set on a different type of November election – one for governor or possibly president.

“I do feel like at some point I will hopefully be the governor of Arkansas, maybe even the president,” Bones told People magazine. “I don’t even like saying I want to be a politician because it’s such a grody word. I feel the only way I’m going to win is if they see me as them – ’cause that’s the only reason I’ve been able to do anything so far.”

Bones, born Bobby Estell, has perfected the art of overcoming the odds to succeed.

Bones was born to a teen mother in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1980. His mother suffered from drug and alcohol addiction over the course of her life and his father was absent. Bones grew up in a trailer park where, without a bedroom of his own, he slept on the couch and crammed his belongings underneath. In 1998, he became the first person in his family to graduate high school. His mother died in her 40s from drug and alcohol abuse but managed to get her GED.

At 39 years old, Bones is now a two-time New York Times best-selling author, singer, songwriter, musician, comedian, philanthropist, one of country music’s most popular syndicated radio hosts, a reality-show winner and part of the cast of “American Idol.” In 2017, Bones was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.

His statement to People isn’t the first time he’s expressed an interest in politics. In January of 2017 he tweeted that he had spoken to his boss and that he was “very serious about pursuing the Governorship of Arkansas.”

In November he told Fox News that he would “love to be governor of Arkansas” and that he wanted to help people who grew up like he did, give them a chance with education “and … hopefully, (become) president."

During the same conversation, Bones said he’s a registered independent.