Before he was one of the world’s most famous rock stars as lead singer of Bon Jovi, Jon Bon Jovi was winning the heart of his high school girlfriend and current wife, Dorothea Hurley. As far as rockstar couples go, the Bon Jovis have enjoyed a lengthy relationship and marriage, and the two are still as in love as when they first met.
Their relationship began in the hallways of Sayreville War Memorial High School in New Jersey, where both Bon Jovi and Hurley attended.
“She let me cheat off her in history,” Bon Jovi shared. “I was immediately drawn to her from the minute I saw her and that never changed.”
Four years later, his band, Bon Jovi, had already taken off and was achieving massive success. Meanwhile, the singer was all in with his soon-to-be wife and ready to exchange vows, the couple tying the knot in a surprise Las Vegas wedding.
And so, they did. Bon Jovi and Hurley took off to Vegas and didn’t tell a soul about their plan. The couple married on April 29, 1989, at the Graceland Wedding Chapel and they’ve been together ever since.
A few years after they married, the Bon Jovis began to expand their family. On May 31, 1993, they welcomed their daughter, Stephanie Rose. Two years later, their son Jesse James Louis was born on February 19, 1995.
A 36-year-long marriage is a success in any sense, especially for a rockstar in the public eye, so how do Bon Jovi and his wife do it? The couple shared what their secret to success is.