He did not appear on the ballot in any state and suspended his campaign to return to the Rent Is Too Damn High Party and run for Mayor of New York City in the 2013 election.

McMillan announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election,[4] but withdrew from the campaign on December 9, 2015.

[6] The Rent Is Too Damn High Party website announced that McMillan would come out of retirement to make a fourth run for governor.

Originally from New Smyrna Beach, Florida,[8] McMillan served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War after which he briefly spent time in the 1970s as an R&B recording artist.

[10] McMillan's first run for political office came in 1993, when he ran for Mayor of New York on the Rent Is Too Damn High ticket.

In the course of that campaign, McMillan was at one point tied to a tree and doused with gasoline;[11] he later climbed the Brooklyn Bridge and refused to come down from it unless television stations broadcast his message.

[20] For the 2010 campaign, McMillan filed petitions to appear on the Democratic primary ballot and the Rent Is Too Damn High line.

Credico, in response, called McMillan a "jack-off" and a "sorry ass", accusing him of "working against me", "turn[ing] in a wagonload of blank pages and then [leaving] Albany in brand new automobiles.

The Democratic nominee, Andrew Cuomo responded to one of his statements during this appearance by saying "I'm with Jimmy; the rent is too damn high."

[32] Then, on December 23, 2010, he said that he would switch parties and run as a Republican in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, to avoid a primary challenge from President Barack Obama.

[37] He also appeared at Northeastern University in March 2011, through the Political Science Student Association, where he discussed key issues.

On November 15, 2011, McMillan held court on the 23rd floor of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority offices kibbitzing with his legal staff and media representatives.

However, he did appear in a debate against comedian Connor Ratliff on The Chris Gethard Show, a public access program in New York City.

On September 13, 2012, McMillan suspended his candidacy to run for Mayor of New York City in the 2013 election, and endorsed President Barack Obama.

[47] He lost to Carlina Rivera, a Democrat, finishing second with 12% of the vote,[48] beating out three other candidates of various parties including Liberal and Green.

McMillan announced another run for governor in 2018, accusing then-incumbent Andrew Cuomo and the Moreland Commission of violating federal civil rights laws.

McMillan claims his eldest child, a daughter, developed disabilities as a result of his exposure to Agent Orange.

[62] According to an interview with the New York Times, McMillan does not currently pay rent on a Flatbush apartment he has claimed as his residence and he has not done so since the 1980s.

[65] McMillan was portrayed by Kenan Thompson in the Weekend Update segment of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on October 23, 2010.