Phambi kokuba aphumelele unyulo lokuba ngumongameli kngo-1980, U-Reagan waqhuba engumongameli izihlandlo ezimbini kungo-1968 nak ngo-1976. Wayengoyena mntu mdala ukonyulwa nje ngomongameli waseUnited States enama-69 eminyaka ubudala. Waziwa njenge’’sithethi esikhulu’’ kuba wayengumntu onobuchule bokuthetha kuluntu. U-Reagan wayesaziwa njengengo’’mongameli ongatshonelwa langa’’ kuba nasiphi na isenyeliso okanye isiqebheyi awayetyabekwa zona azizange zikwazi ukuchaphazela ukuthandwa kwakhe luluntu. nangoku , uReagan usengoyena mongameli othandwa kakhulu ngabantu kwmbali yaseMelika ngenxa yeliso lakhe lethemba ngelizwe laseMelika. Reagan is the only president of the United States to have been divorced.