Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haifi Meacham a Chattanooga, Tennessee. Iyayensa sune Jere Ellis Meacham (1946<unk>2008), wani gini da kuma ma'aikacin ma'aikata wanda aka yi masa ado don ƙarfin hali a lokacin yakin Vietnam, da Linda (McBrayer) Brodie. Kakanninsa na mahaifinsa, Ellis K. Meacham da Jean Austin Meacham, sun tashe shi bayan da iyayensa suka saki. Lokacin da yake yaro, kakansa yana tattaunawa kowace safiya tare da wasu maza game da siyasa ta gari da ta ƙasa. A sakamakon haka, Meacham ya sami sha'awar siyasa. Ya sami gayyatar zuwa bikin rantsar da Ronald Reagan a 1981
a Washington, D.C., a matsayin martani ga wata wasika da ya aika wa zababben shugaban kasa.