Updated 6:50 p.m. | Former Republican presidential hopeful and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is under consideration to be secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Trump administration, according to numerous media reports.

Armstrong Williams, a spokesman for Carson and a conservative media personality, on Wednesday disputed a Wall Street Journal story that said President-elect Donald Trump had offered to nominate Carson and that Carson had accepted. The Journal later corrected its story.

The position requires Senate confirmation, with consideration coming through the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

Carson had initially signaled that he was not particularly interested in a cabinet post, but he posted on Facebook Wednesday that he had reconsidered. Multiple reports Tuesday evening indicated that Carson was being offered the HUD secretary position, something Carson essentially confirmed on Fox News.