Ron Reagan

Ronald Prescott Reagan (born May 20, 1958), usually known as Ron Reagan Jr., is the son of late President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy and is a talk show host and liberal political commentator.

Life and family

Reagan grew up in Los Angeles and then Sacramento, while his father was Governor of California from 1967 to 1975. He attended Yale University but dropped out in 1976 after one semester. At that time, his father was running in the Republican Presidential primary against incumbent Gerald Ford, and Reagan disliked the attention he received at Yale. He joined the Joffrey Ballet in pursuit of a lifelong dream to become a ballet dancer.

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Los Angeles - Sacramento - Governor of California - 1967 - 1975 - Yale University - 1976 - Republican - Primary - Gerald Ford - Joffrey Ballet - Ballet

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Reagan now lives in Seattle with his wife, Doria, a psychologist whom he married in 1980. He has worked in recent years as a magazine journalist, and has hosted talk shows on cable TV networks such as the Animal Planet network. Reagan serves on the board of the Creative Coalition, an organization founded in 1989 by a group including Susan Sarandon and Christopher Reeve to politically mobilize entertainers and artists, generally for liberal causes.

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Seattle - Psychologist - 1980 - Journalist - Cable TV - Animal Planet - Creative Coalition - 1989 - Susan Sarandon - Christopher Reeve - Liberal

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He currently hosts Connected: Coast to Coast with Ron Reagan and Monica Crowley on MSNBC each day at noon and 5pm ET.

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Monica Crowley - MSNBC

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He has a sister, Patti Davis, five and a half years his senior and a half brother, Michael Reagan, the adoptive son of Ronald Reagan and his first wife Jane Wyman. A half sister, Maureen Reagan, is deceased.

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Patti Davis - Michael Reagan - Jane Wyman - Maureen Reagan

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