Meet Jon Bon Jovi's four kids from famous son to business partner

Back in the 80s, Jon and Dorothea Bongiovi were high school sweethearts. Nine years after meeting, the couple eloped to Las Vegas in 1989. "It shocked a lot of people — shocked about everybody: the band, management, agents, lawyers, parents, you name it," Jon told People. "It's a shame because it should have been a beautiful moment, but after we did it, people were trying to take it away. And 35 years later, we're still married."

Dorothea shared with People that they've always "tried hard" to give their kids "a normal life." "I do sometimes corner them in the car on the way to school and ask them what they think about a mix of a new song," John said in 2016. "But I never make them listen to a whole record." "If they see my work ethic, maybe that will instill that in them," he told The Sunday Times in 2007. "I work hard at whatever I do, whether it's the football team, the philanthropic work or making records."

Stephanie Rose Bongiovi is the eldest of Bon Jovi's children, and is the reason the rockstar wrote the song 'I've Got The Girl.' As a child, Stephanie made occasional appearances on stage during Bon Jovi's tours. The 32-year-old has since followed in her dad's showbusiness footsteps, now working as a camera operator on TV shows. 

Back in 2017, Stephanie experienced a drug overdose in her dorm room whilst she was a student at Hamilton College. The teen was found unconscious but later managed to call her dad during her recovery. Speaking to Metro at the time, Bon Jovi described his daughter's hospitalization as the "worst time in his life". He said: "It was my worst moment as a father. The first thing she said was, I'm all right, but then she said this is what happened. You wake up, you shake it off and put your shoes on and say okay, I am on the way home."

Jesse is the eldest of Bon Jovi and Dorothea's sons, and is also his dad's business partner. The 30-year-old wine entrepreneur shares the rosé brand Hampton Water with his rockstar dad and Gérard Bertrand, which they launched in 2018. Bon Jovi shares a close relationship with his eldest. 

Speaking to People at the time of their rosé launch, the singer explained his joy of working with his son. "We walk into meeting together and I go, "Wow, it's my Mini-Me." He's thinking the way I'm thinking. It's been a dream," he said. 

Following in his parents' footsteps, Jesse tied the knot in the same Las Vegas Chapel on May 7, 2024, with his partner Jesse Light.

Bon Jovi's 23-year-old son Jacob (Jake) is an actor, best known for his debut role in American romcom, Sweethearts. Millie Bobby Brown and Jake first sparked rumors of a relationship in June 2021, when he posted a sweet car shot of them together, though they kept things lowkey by simply calling each other their "bffs". 

The then-teenage sweethearts finally made things official with their red carpet debut in March 2022, when they attended the 2022 BAFTAs at the Royal Albert Hall in London hand in hand and posed for plenty of loved-up pictures. 

The couple married in an intimate ceremony in May 2024, and, a year later, announced that they welcomed a baby girl via adoption in a joint Instagram post. "This summer, we welcomed our sweet baby girl through adoption," they penned. "We are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in both peace and privacy."

Bon Jovi and Dorothea's youngest son Romeo tends to keep out of the spotlight. Despite attending a handful of red carpet events with his parents when he was younger, the now 21-year-old star doesn't appear to have social media, and only occasionally accompanies his famous parents to public events.

While Bon Jovi and Dorothea love being parents, they admitted to People in October 2020 that they were "definitely looking forward" to being empty nesters once Romeo turned 18. "Just not being stuck to a schedule and being able to travel [will be nice], but we like to see our kids. It's not like we're going to disappear."