Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/betty-ford-the-real-deal Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Family, friends, historians and Betty Ford herself reflect on her life as a political spouse; an accidental and outspoken first lady; breast cancer survivor; and feminist pro-choice Republican in Betty Ford: The Real Deal, a one-hour biography which aired in March 2009.