Long before he entered politics Ronald Reagan was an actor working with Warner Brothers. He was married to actress Jane Wyman. In 1945 they adopted a baby boy named Michael.
Over the next few years young Michael Reagan faced life-altering challenges – his parents divorced, he was sexually abused by a camp counselor, and he felt abandoned not just by his parents but by God.
But as he wrote in his 2004 book Twice Adopted, God gave him a second chance and his life turned around. A happy marriage, And success as an actor comedy writer and radio talk show host.
I met with Mike Reagan in the fall of 2004, just a few months after his adoptive father’s death, to talk about the book.
So here now, from 2004, Michael Reagan.
Michael Reagan is 80 now. He and his wife have been married for 50 years.